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Genotype/phenotype and penetrance studies in melanoma families with germline CDKN2A mutations.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Jan 2000
Bishop J A, Wachsmuth R C, Harland M, Bataille V, Pinney E, MacK P, Baglietto L, Cuzick J, Bishop D T
Abstract excerpt
Patients with a family history of melanoma are at increased risk of this tumor. Those family members who also have the atypical mole syndrome are commonly targeted for screening in the belief that they are more likely to be mutant gene carriers. We have correlated the atypical mole syndrome phenotype and gene carrier status in five families with germline CDKN2A mutations and shown that family members with the...
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