Article
Loss of heterozygosity in human skin.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - 1 Aug 1999
Happle R
Abstract excerpt
Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) is a genetic mechanism by which a heterozygous somatic cell becomes either homozygous or hemizygous because the corresponding wild-type allele is lost. LOH has today been recognized as a major cause of malignant growth. This article gives a comprehensive review of skin disorders in which an origin from LOH has been either documented at the molecular level or postulated on the basis of...
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