Somatic mutations in GNAQ in amelanotic/hypomelanotic blue nevi

Human Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 136-140

  Emley, Andrew ^a   Nguyen, Lisa P ^a   Yang, Shi ^a   Mahalingam, Meera ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amelanotic hypomelanotic blue nevi; GNAQ mutation

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT;

AMELANOTIC BLUE NEVUS; ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENOTYPE; GNAQ GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOMELANOTIC BLUE NEVUS; ONCOGENE K RAS; POINT MUTATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOMATIC MUTATION;

GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; NEVUS, BLUE; POINT MUTATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78650020624     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2010.05.027     Document Type: Article

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