The biology of hyperpigmentation syndromes

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Hyperpigmentation is a key feature in a variety of inherited and acquired syndromes. Nonetheless, determining the exact diagnosis only on the clinical phenotype can be challenging, and a detailed search for associated symptoms is often of crucial importance. As pigmentation pathways are regulated by complex signaling transduction cascades (e.g. MSH/cAMP, KIT signaling pathways), the underlying defects leading to...

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