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doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050122.
Melanoma: what are the gaps in our knowledge
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Melanoma: what are the gaps in our knowledge
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Abstract
Jonathan Rees outlines a number of puzzling gaps that remain in our knowledge of the etiology of non-acral melanomas.
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