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Risk of cutaneous melanoma in relation to the numbers, types and sites of naevi: a case-control study.
British journal of cancer - 1 Jun 1996
Bataille V, Bishop J A, Sasieni P, Swerdlow A J, Pinney E, Griffiths K, Cuzick J
Abstract excerpt
The atypical mole syndrome (AMS) phenotype, characterised by a large number of common naevi as well as atypical naevi, has been described in families with a genetic susceptibility to melanoma. However, the importance of this phenotype for melanoma in the general population has not been conclusively determined. This study was designed to examine the types and distribution of naevi as well as the prevalence of the...
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