Tumor homogeneity between primary and metastatic sites for BRAF status in metastatic melanoma determined by immunohistochemical and molecular testing.

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Published in PLoS One on August 20, 2013

Authors

Lucile Boursault1, Véronique Haddad, Béatrice Vergier, David Cappellen, Severine Verdon, Jean-Pierre Bellocq, Thomas Jouary, Jean-Philippe Merlio

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1: Department of Dermatology, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.

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