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Pharmacologic Induction of Epidermal Melanin and Protection Against Sunburn in a Humanized Mouse Model
Published on: September 7, 2013
Malignant melanoma and pigmented lesions: a review
1Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA.
Comprehensive Therapy
|May 1, 1988
Abstract:
We have described the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of malignant melanoma and its precursors in the hope that this discussion will help physicians to recognize suspicious pigmented lesions earlier, thus helping to decrease avoidable cancer deaths from melanoma.
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