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On oncogenic BRAF, melanomagenesis and organ transplant recipients – “the more we know, the less we understand” Volume 20, issue 2, March-April 2010

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Dermatopathology Section, Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, 609 Albany Street, J-301, Boston, MA 02118

Auteur(s) : Meera Mahalingam Dermatopathology Section, Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, 609 Albany Street, J-301, Boston, MA 02118 accepté le 28 Octobre 2009 The occurrence of eruptive nevi in organ transplant recipients, in conjunction with reports of a similar phenomenon in patients with HIV infection and/or AIDS, triggered suggestions that the immune system plays a lead role in melanocyte development, proliferation and differentiation by pathways [...]