Family studies in melanoma: identification of the atypical mole syndrome (AMS) phenotype.

doi:10.1097/00008390-199408000-00001

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Family studies in melanoma: identification of the atypical mole syndrome (AMS) phenotype.

Melanoma research - 1 Aug 1994

Newton Bishop J A, Bataille V, Pinney E, Bishop D T

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Thirteen families have been studied clinically as the basis for a linkage study of susceptibility to cutaneous melanoma. Previous studies have shown that a number of families with predisposition to melanoma have abnormal naevi, now known as the atypical mole syndrome (AMS) phenotype. Many groups...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Female
Humans
Male
Melanoma
Nevus
Pedigree
Phenotype
Skin Neoplasms

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