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Multiple melanomas after treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma in a non-Dutch p16-Leiden mutation carrier with 2 MC1R high-risk variants.
Archives of dermatology - 1 Apr 2007
Figl Adina, Thirumaran Ranjit K, Ugurel Selma, Gast Andreas, Hemminki Kari, Kumar Rajiv, Schadendorf Dirk
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BACKGROUND: A 19-base pair germline deletion in exon 2 of the CDKN2A (cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A) gene (Leiden mutation) has been detected in Dutch families with familial melanomas. The penetrance of CDKN2A mutations varies widely and is influenced by environmental and unrelated genetic...
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