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Weiss, J., Cavenee, W.K., Herbst, R.A. et al. Point mutations and allelic loss in the TP53 locus of cutaneous malignant melanomas. Arch Dermatol Res 286, 417–419 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00371803
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