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NUCHAL NAEVI AND INTERSCAPULAR TELANGIECTASES: Incidence in Danish School Children
Author(s) -
ØSTER JAKOB,
NIELSEN ARNE
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1970.tb15537.x
Subject(s) - telangiectases , medicine , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , demography , dermatology , telangiectasia , physics , sociology , optics
Summary Naevi in the fovea nuchae and telangiectases in the superior interscapular region have been found with great frequency in 2,171 school children aged 6‐17 years during a systematic search for these phenomena. The incidence of nuchal naevi was 46.2 per cent in girls, 35.1 per cent in boys. The incidence of telangiectasis was 39.9 per cent in girls and 32.3 per cent in boys. No connection was found between the incidence of naevi and telangiectases. Concerning nuchal naevi the incidence seems to be independent of age for boys, while for girls there seems to be an increase at the ages of 12‐13 years, and a subsequent decrease. For boys and girls with interscapular telangiectases the course is parallel with constant values up to the age of 14 years with a subsequent decrease. A comparison is made of other investigations concerning these phenomena, the significance of which is discussed.