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Polythelia in cardio-arterial disease.
Polythelia (roAv's=many; 6-qA4=nipple) or the presence of accessory nipples has long been held to be an atavistic manifestation (Lichtenstern, 1878; Darwin, 1888). The coincidence of polythelia, therefore, increases the probability that a disease arises from a congenital predisposition to it. It is the purpose of this paper to examine such a view in so far as it may apply to heart disease, and ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1959
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.21.1.130