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Why are men more likely to get juvenile xanthogranuloma ? do they have a certain gene that they carry that women do not?
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Nobody knows: One of the minor mysteries of medicine is why most tumors show a preponderance for one or the other gender. It remains a puzzler even in this day of high-tech biology.
Answered 2/6/2014
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