"white" nevi and "red" melanomas: Association with the RHC phenotype of the MC1R gene

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1305-1307

  Zalaudek, Iris ^a   Meiklejohn, Wayne ^b   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^c   Thurber, Amy E ^b   Sturm, Richard A ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HAIR COLOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MC1R GENE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 65049085292     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2008.378     Document Type: Letter

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