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Autosomal dominant precalcaneal congenital fibrolipomatous hamartoma
Peter Meyer1, Karsten Soennichsen, Wolfgang Buchenau
1Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital, Tuebingen, Germany. peter.myer@onkogenetik.de
Pediatric Dermatology
|August 3, 2005
Abstract:
Precalcaneal congenital fibrolipomatous hamartoma is a rare minor malformation previously reported only as sporadic. We report this finding in three family members from two generations, suggesting autosomal dominant inheritance.
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