The pathogenesis of melanoma induced by ultraviolet radiation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 1341-1348

  Gilchrest, Barbara A ^a   Eller, Mark S ^a   Geller, Alan C ^a   Yaar, Mina ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

DNA REPAIR; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0033614447     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199904293401707     Document Type: Review

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