title: Hypothesis: vascular twin naevi and somatic recombination in man.
abstract: Can the genetic concept of somatic recombination explain the phenomenon of vascular twin naevi in man? If so, this cutaneous disease would be a human counterpart of twin spots observed in animals and plants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Happle
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koopman
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Mier
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells; D009506:Nevus / Q000098:blood supply / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*