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Comment
. 2011 Dec;131(12):2500-3.
doi: 10.1038/jid.2011.235. Epub 2011 Aug 11.

Interaction of CDKN2A and sun exposure in the etiology of melanoma in the general population

Marianne Berwick, Colin B Begg, Bruce K Armstrong, Anne S Reiner, Nancy E Thomas, Linda S Cook, Irene Orlow, Anne Kricker, Loraine D Marrett, Stephen B Gruber, Hoda Anton-Culver, Robert C Millikan, Richard P Gallagher, Terry Dwyer, Stefano Rosso, Peter A Kanetsky, Julia Lee-Taylor
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Interaction of CDKN2A and sun exposure in the etiology of melanoma in the general population

Marianne Berwick et al. J Invest Dermatol. 2011 Dec.
No abstract available

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The authors state no conflict of interest.

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  • CDKN2A germline mutations in individuals with cutaneous malignant melanoma.
    Orlow I, Begg CB, Cotignola J, Roy P, Hummer AJ, Clas BA, Mujumdar U, Canchola R, Armstrong BK, Kricker A, Marrett LD, Millikan RC, Gruber SB, Anton-Culver H, Zanetti R, Gallagher RP, Dwyer T, Rebbeck TR, Kanetsky PA, Wilcox H, Busam K, From L, Berwick M; GEM Study Group. Orlow I, et al. J Invest Dermatol. 2007 May;127(5):1234-43. doi: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700689. Epub 2007 Jan 11. J Invest Dermatol. 2007. PMID: 17218939

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