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Dermoscopic features of melanomas associated with MC1R variants in Spanish CDKN2A mutation carriers.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Jan 2009
Cuéllar F, Puig S, Kolm I, Puig-Butille J, Zaballos P, Martí-Laborda R, Badenas C, Malvehy J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The presence of at least one MC1R gene variant is associated with a reduction in age at melanoma diagnosis in families with CDKN2A mutations. OBJECTIVES: To describe dermoscopic features of early melanoma in CDKN2A gene mutation-positive Spanish individuals and to evaluate the possibility of a correlation between particular dermatoscopic pattern and MC1R gene variants. METHODS: Patients in whom a...
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