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Carcinoma of the tongue in a boy with xeroderma pigmentosum *
Author(s) -
HARPER J. I.,
COPEMAN P. W. M.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1981.tb02363.x
Subject(s) - xeroderma pigmentosum , dermatology , medicine , tongue , carcinoma , pathology , biology , genetics , dna , dna repair
Summary An 18–year–old boy with severe, progressive xeroderma pigmentosum died as a result of an anaplastic carcinoma arising from the tip of the tongue, which we believe was solar–induced.