BRAF V599E mutation occurs in Spitz and Reed naevi [24]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1164-1165

  La Porta, Caterina A M ^a   Cardano, R ^a   Facchetti, F ^a   Presicce, P ^a   Rao, S ^b   Privitera, E ^a   Clemente, C ^b   Mihm, M C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Clinica S Pio X   (Italy)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; DNA; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE MELANOMA; LETTER; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PIGMENTED NEVUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REED NEVUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; VALINE;

EID: 33748889772     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01665.x     Document Type: Letter

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