Segregation analysis of cutaneous melanoma in Queensland.

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To investigate whether the familial clustering of cutaneous melanoma is consistent with Mendelian inheritance of a major autosomal gene, maximum likelihood segregation analyses were performed in a population-based sample of 1,912 families ascertained through a proband with melanoma diagnosed in Queensland between 1982 and 1990. Analyses were performed with the S.A.G.E. statistical package, using the REGTL program...

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