Article
[Pigmentary lesions in patients with increased DNA damage due to defective DNA repair].
Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie - 1 Nov 2012
Krieger L, Berneburg M
Abstract excerpt
The occurrence of abnormally pigmented skin lesions is a common phenomenon and often associated with the influence of ultraviolet radiation (UV) and other sources of DNA damage. Pigmentary lesions induced by UV radiation and other sources of DNA damage occur in healthy individuals, but human diseases with defective DNA repair represent important models which allow the investigation of possible underlying...
Topics
- Adult
- Carcinoma, Basal Cell
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Child
- DNA Damage
- DNA Repair-Deficiency Disorders
- Facial Neoplasms
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Male
