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Variants at the OCA2/HERC2 locus affect time to first cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in solid organ transplant recipients collected using two different study designs.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Oct 2017
Wei L, Allain D C, Bernhardt M N, Gillespie J L, Peters S B, Iwenofu O H, Nelson H H, Arron S T, Toland A E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Variants at the oculocutaneous albinism 2 (OCA2)/HECT and RLD domain containing E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 2 (HERC2) locus have been associated with pigmentation phenotypes and risk of developing several types of skin cancer. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate OCA2/HERC2 locus variants for their impact on time to develop cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) in organ transplant recipients (OTRs) who are at...
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