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. 2020 Jan;33(1):6-7.
doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12833. Epub 2019 Oct 28.

Melanoma predisposition-A limited role for germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants

David J Adams, David Timothy Bishop, Carla Daniela Robles-Espinoza
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Melanoma predisposition-A limited role for germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants

David J Adams et al. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2020 Jan.
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    Jonsson P, Bandlamudi C, Cheng ML, Srinivasan P, Chavan SS, Friedman ND, Rosen EY, Richards AL, Bouvier N, Selcuklu SD, Bielski CM, Abida W, Mandelker D, Birsoy O, Zhang L, Zehir A, Donoghue MTA, Baselga J, Offit K, Scher HI, O'Reilly EM, Stadler ZK, Schultz N, Socci ND, Viale A, Ladanyi M, Robson ME, Hyman DM, Berger MF, Solit DB, Taylor BS. Jonsson P, et al. Nature. 2019 Jul;571(7766):576-579. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1382-1. Epub 2019 Jul 10. Nature. 2019. PMID: 31292550 Free PMC article.

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