From the *Department of Dermatology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA; †Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Groupe d'Etude des Maladies Génétiques à Expression Cutanée, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France; ‡Department of Dermatology, Phototherapy, Lasermedicine, PDT, Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany; §Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA; ¶Division of Genetics/Dysmorphology, Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; and ‖University of California San Diego, Comprehensive Dermatology Group, 477 N El Camino Real Suite C204, Encinitas, CA. Kevin Chew is now with the Genomic Health, Inc, 301 Penobscot Drive, Redwood City, CA 94063 and Whitney D. Tope is now in 1120 Wayzata Boulevard W, Wayzata, MN 55391-952.
Supported by grants from the National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke grant 1R01NS052781 (J.E.C.) and a program project grant from NIAMS P01 AR050440 (Principal Investigator: Balmain).
The authors have no conflict of interest.
Technical assistance for pictures was provided by Dr. Ei-Chang Jung, MD.
Sample preparations were carried out by the University of California, San Francisco, Cancer Center Tissue Core.
Reprints: James E. Cleaver, PhD, Department of Dermatology, Auerback Melanoma Laboratory, Room N431, Box 0808, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0808 (e-mail: [email protected]).
