Somatic activation of KIT in distinct subtypes of melanoma.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on August 14, 2006

Authors

John A Curtin1, Klaus Busam, Daniel Pinkel, Boris C Bastian

Author Affiliations

1: Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0808, USA.

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