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The genetics of malignant melanomas.
Annals of plastic surgery - 1 Jan 1992
Kousseff B G
Abstract excerpt
A review of the hereditary aspects of the malignant melanomas showed causal heterogeneity and similar pathogenesis based on the dysregulation of the paracrine/autocrine growth mechanisms. The genetically different malignant melanomas have a range of recurrence risks from 1% for the nonfamilial, solitary, malignant melanoma to a risk exceeding 70% for the syndromic melanomas of neurocutaneous melanosis and the...
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