A FAMILIAL SYNDROME WITH CUTANEOUS MALIGNANT-MELANOMA AND CEREBRAL ASTROCYTOMA

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KAUFMAN, DK
KIMMEL, DW
PARISI, JE
MICHELS, VV
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[1] MAYO CLIN & MAYO FDN, DEPT NEUROL, 200 1ST ST SW, ROCHESTER, MN 55905 USA
[2] MAYO CLIN & MAYO FDN, DEPT LAB MED & PATHOL, ROCHESTER, MN 55905 USA
[3] MAYO CLIN & MAYO FDN, DEPT MED GENET, ROCHESTER, MN 55905 USA
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10.1212/WNL.43.9.1728
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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We describe a family in which cutaneous malignant melanoma or cerebral astrocytoma, or both, developed in eight members over three generations. Other malignancies also occurred with a lesser frequency. In two patients with both malignant melanoma and astrocytoma, the brain tumor followed the diagnosis of melanoma by a period of 2 and 10 years and was the primary cause of morbidity and mortality. The findings in this family may represent a newly described genetic disorder.
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