Familial uveal melanoma: Absence of germline mutations involving the cyclin-dependent kinase-4 inhibitor gene (p16)

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-40

  Singh, Arun D ^a   Croce, Carlo M ^a   Wary, Kishore K ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^a   Donoso, Larry A ^b   Shields, Carol L ^a   Huebner, Kay ^a   Ohta, Masataka ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclin dependent kinase 4 inhibitor gene; Familial uveal melanoma; p16 gene

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; DNA; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 0029915636     PISSN: 01676784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13816819609057868     Document Type: Short Survey

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