Study of 2,901 clinically normal newborn infants showed the incidence of nevi of the nape and glabella and eyelids to be 266 per 1,000, whereas that of nuchal nevus alone was 234 per 1,000. Four familial patients were found, an incidence of 1.3 per 1,000. These nevae were not in creased significantly among 75 "abnormal" newborn infants studied.
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