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Common pathways for ultraviolet skin carcinogenesis in the repair and replication defective groups of xeroderma pigmentosum.
Journal of dermatological science - 1 May 2000
Cleaver J E
Abstract excerpt
The human disease xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) involves DNA repair and replication deficiencies that predispose homozygous individuals to a 1000-fold increase in nonmelanoma and melanoma skin cancers. Two major forms of XP are known with different biochemical defects: one form lacks nucleotide excision repair (NER); the other lacks the capacity to replicate damaged DNA. Since the clinical symptoms of both kinds of...
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