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Genetic heterogeneity in familial malignant melanoma.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Dec 1994
MacGeoch C, Bishop J A, Bataille V, Bishop D T, Frischauf A M, Meloni R, Cuzick J, Pinney E, Spurr N K
Abstract excerpt
Following reports of linkage to chromosome 9p in families with malignant melanoma, we have been studying a series of UK families. Six families were selected with three or more cases of malignant melanoma. We have used a total of twelve markers mapping in the interval 9p13-p23 and constructed a set of haplotypes to study the inheritance of the disease chromosome. Of the six families, three were consistent with...
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