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CDKN2A mutations could influence the dermoscopic pattern of presentation of multiple primary melanoma: a clinical dermoscopic genetic study.
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV - 1 Mar 2015
De Giorgi V, Savarese I, D'Errico A, Gori A, Papi F, Colombino M, Sini M Cristina, Stanganelli I, Palmieri G, Massi D
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BACKGROUND: Patients who develop cutaneous melanoma are at increased risk of developing a second primary melanoma. There are many aetiological reasons by which the risk of a second melanoma increases. Among others, genetic factors may contribute to modulating this risk. The risk of identifying a CDKN2A germline mutation increases with the number of primary melanomas and with the presence of familial history of...
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