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Large Congenital Melanocytic Nevus
A skin disease characterized by the presence at birth of a pigmented skin lesion composed of melanocytes of more than 20 cm in projected adult diameter that is caused by somatic mutation in the NRAS gene on chromosome 11
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Overview
A skin disease characterized by the presence at birth of a pigmented skin lesion composed of melanocytes of more than 20 cm in projected adult diameter that is caused by somatic mutation in the NRAS gene on chromosome 11
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