## Abstract The development of cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) and its precursor lesions, melanocytic nevi, has been linked to sun exposure. Cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) are the majority of DNA lesions induced by sun exposure. In our study, we investigated if CMM patients have impaired a
CD34+fibrocytes in melanocytic nevi and malignant melanomas of the skin
β Scribed by Cordula Wessel; Christina C. Westhoff; Katharina Nowak; Ingrid Moll; Peter J. Barth
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 267 KB
- Volume
- 453
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-2307
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