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CDKN2A mutations in Spanish cutaneous malignant melanoma families and patients with multiple melanomas and other neoplasia.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jun 1999
Ruiz A, Puig S, Malvehy J, Lázaro C, Lynch M, Gimenez-Arnau A M, Puig L, Sánchez-Conejo J, Estivill X, Castel T
Abstract excerpt
The CDKN2A gene has been implicated in cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) in about 40% of families with linkage to chromosome 9p21, while a small proportion of families have mutations in the CDK4 gene. In order to estimate the importance of these genes in the predisposition to CMM in Spanish families and patients we have analysed, by SSCA, a total of 56 subjects belonging to 34 CMM families, and nine patients...
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