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Analysis of mutations in the p16/CDKN2A gene in sporadic and familial melanoma in the Polish population.
Acta biochimica Polonica - 1 Jan 2002
Lamperska Katarzyna, Karezewska Aldona, Kwiatkowska Eliza, Mackiewicz Andrzej
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in CDKN2A have been found in sporadic cutaneous malignant (CMM), in familial CMM and in other syndromes associated with melanoma. In this study DNA was obtained from 207 individuals and five cell lines. There were 157 CMM patients and 50 healthy members of melanoma patients families. The CMM group included patients with one or two melanoma cases in the family, families with dysplastic nevus syndrom...
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