Genetics of pigmentation and melanoma predisposition

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-45

  Pho, L N ^a   Leachman, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ line mutations; Polymorphism; Single nucleotide; Skin neoplasms; Ultraviolet rays

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ASIP GENE; CANCER GENETICS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE; HUMAN; IRF4 GENE; KITLG GENE; MC1R GENE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MELANOSOME; NCKX5 GENE; OCA2 GENE; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TPCN2 GENE; TYR GENE; TYRP1 GENE;

EID: 77952389202     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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