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Dark homogeneous streak dermoscopic pattern correlating with specific KIT mutations in melanoma.
JAMA dermatology - 1 Jun 2014
Sanchez Margaret I, Rabinovitz Harold S, Oliviero Margaret C, Elgart George W, Perez Carmen, Puig Susana, Malvehy Josep, Grichnik James M
Abstract excerpt
IMPORTANCE: Mutations driving melanoma growth have diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic implications. Traditional classification systems do not correlate optimally with underlying melanoma growth-promoting mutations. Our objective was to determine whether unique dermoscopic growth patterns directly correlate with driving mutations. OBSERVATIONS: We evaluated common driving mutations in 4 different dermoscopic...
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