TERT gene amplification is associated with poor outcome in acral lentiginous melanoma Alba Diaz, MD, Joan Anton Puig-Butillé, PhD, Concha Muñoz, Dolors.

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TERT gene amplification is associated with poor outcome in acral lentiginous melanoma Alba Diaz, MD, Joan Anton Puig-Butillé, PhD, Concha Muñoz, Dolors Costa, PhD, Anna Díez, MSc, Adriana Garcia-Herrera, MD, PhD, Cristina Carrera, MD, PhD, Celia Badenas, PhD, Francesc Solé, PhD, Josep Malvehy, MD, PhD, Susana Puig, MD, PhD, Llucia Alos, MD, PhD Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology Volume 71, Issue 4, Pages 839-841 (October 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.05.035 Copyright © 2014 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Terms and Conditions

Fig 1 FISH picture of an acral lentiginous melanoma harboring TERT amplification. It shows a higher number of TERT copies (green signals) when compared to the control gene MCTP1 (red signals) (Original magnification: ×1000.) Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2014 71, 839-841DOI: (10.1016/j.jaad.2014.05.035) Copyright © 2014 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Terms and Conditions