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Genetic and epidemiological risk factors for a malignant melanoma-predisposing phenotype: the great number of nevi.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1996
Briollais L, Chompret A, Guilloud-Bataille M, Feingold N, Avril M F, Demenais F
Abstract excerpt
Multiple genetic and epidemiological factors are involved in the etiology of cutaneous malignant melanoma. The phenotype defined by a great number of nevi (GNN) is consistently reported as being a major risk factor for melanoma and is likely to be under genetic control. As part of a large genetic and epidemiologic survey of melanoma in France, our goal was to understand the pattern of inheritance of GNN in 295...
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