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Pharmacologic Induction of Epidermal Melanin and Protection Against Sunburn in a Humanized Mouse Model
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Large congenital melanocytic nevi, risk of cutaneous melanoma, and prophylactic surgery
Ashfaq A Marghoob1, Anna Liza C Agero, Cristiane Benvenuto-Andrade
1Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10022, USA. marghooa@mskcc.org
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
|April 26, 2006
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