Sentences with phrase «predisposes white skinned»

The hypothesis then, is that inheritance of these putative low penetrance genes predisposes white skinned peoples to melanoma but that as this predisposition is weak, there may be only one or occasionally two cases in the family.

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Short - coated breeds such as English bulldogs (FIGURE 5), Staffordshire terriers, and Boston terriers, along with longer - coated breeds such as shih tzus, West Highland White terriers, and Scottish terriers, seem to be predisposed.2, 4 In Chinese Shar - Peis, skin thickness may make finding the mites on a deep skin scraping difficult, and diagnosis may require obtaining skin biopsy samples for histopathology (see DIAGNOSIS).2, 4,5 Additional predisposing factors are listed in BOX 1.

However, cats with unpigmented (white) or lightly pigmented skin of the face and ears (pinna) that spend time outdoors in a sunny climate are predisposed to developing SCC.

Certain breeds, like the West Highland white terrier, are predisposed to yeast skin infections, but any dog can get one.

White cats of any breed are predisposed to development of squamous cell carcinoma, a malignant tumor which can develop anywhere on the skin or mucous membranes, including the eyelids.