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Genetic risk factors for melanoma.
Human genetics - 1 Oct 2009
Meyle Kathrine Damm, Guldberg Per
Abstract excerpt
The genetic basis of melanoma is complex and has both inherited and acquired components. Different genomic approaches have been used to identify a number of inherited risk factors, which can be stratified by penetrance and prevalence. Rare high-penetrance factors are expressed in familial clustering of melanoma and include mutations in CDKN2A (encoding p16(INK4a) and p14(ARF)) and CDK4. These genes are involved...
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