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KIT mutations in Russian patients with mucosal melanoma.
Melanoma research - 1 Dec 2011
Abysheva Svetlana N, Iyevleva Aglaya G, Efimova Nina V, Mokhina Yulia B, Sabirova Feruza A, Ivantsov Alexandr O, Artemieva Anna S, Togo Alexandr V, Moiseyenko Vladimir M, Matsko Dmitry E, Imyanitov Evgeny N
Abstract excerpt
A single institution series of 48 mucosal melanomas (MMs) has been analyzed for the presence of KIT mutations using high-resolution melting and sequencing of abnormally melted DNA fragments. The analysis of exons 9, 11, 13, and 17 has revealed eight of 48 (17%) nonsynonymous alterations, including zero of seven head and neck, six of 24 anorectal, one of 15 genitourinary, one of one gastric, and zero of one...
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