Compound lesion of a basal cell carcinoma and a malignant melanoma: is there a common genetic origin?

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Giessen, Germany, Klinikstrasse 33, 35392, Giessen, Germany,

Published: February 2015

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