Congenital melanocytic nevi frequently harbor NRAS mutations but no BRAF mutations

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 179-182

  Bauer, Jürgen ^a,b   Curtin, John A ^c   Pinkel, Dan ^c   Bastian, Boris C ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; NEWBORN; ONCOGENE N RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUTATION; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33845726945     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700490     Document Type: Article

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