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  • adjective Of or pertaining to peripheral body parts, such as toes and fingers

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Examples

  • Over 90 percentofpeople with Cowdensyndrome (CS) have macrocephaly and skin changes, such as trichilemmomas, papillomatous papules, and acral or plantar keratoses (thickened skin or callouses on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet), by the time they are in their late 20s.

    PTEN Hamartoma Tumor syndrome 2009

  • Mucocutaneous lesions: trichilemmomas (facial), acral keratoses, papillomatous lesions, and/or mucosal lesions

    PTEN Hamartoma Tumor syndrome 2009

  • In 1981, the reggae legend Bob Marley died of acral lentiginous melanoma that started underneath his right big toenail.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • In 1981, the reggae legend Bob Marley died of acral lentiginous melanoma that started underneath his right big toenail.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • In 1981, the reggae legend Bob Marley died of acral lentiginous melanoma that started underneath his right big toenail.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • QF1160MB, melanoblasts; MELB, melanocytes; D10, acral melanoma; D11, mucosal melanoma; MEL202, uveal melanoma. doi: 10.1371/journal. pone.0009685.g003

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mitchell S. Stark et al. 2010

  • The sequenced libraries were selectively chosen as they represented an array of different melanocytic subtypes ranging from normal pigment cells (melanoblasts and melanocytes) to non-UV exposed (acral, mucosal and uveal), intermittently UV-exposed and chronically UV-exposed melanomas.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mitchell S. Stark et al. 2010

  • A congenital giant nevus (MM653), an acral melanoma

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mitchell S. Stark et al. 2010

  • We therefore undertook a comprehensive analysis of the miRNAome in a diverse range of pigment cells including: melanoblasts, melanocytes, congenital nevocytes, acral, mucosal, cutaneous and uveal melanoma cells.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mitchell S. Stark et al. 2010

  • We therefore undertook a comprehensive analysis of the miRNAome in a diverse range of pigment cells including: melanoblasts, melanocytes, congenital nevocytes, acral, mucosal, cutaneous and uveal melanoma cells.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mitchell S. Stark et al. 2010

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