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Dermatology Research and Practice
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 483493, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/483493
Review Article

Stress as a Possible Mechanism in Melanoma Progression

M. Sanzo,1,2,3 R. Colucci,1 M. Arunachalam,1 S. Berti,1 and S. Moretti1

1Department of Dermatological Sciences, University of Florence, 50121 Florence, Italy
2Department of Clinical, Preventive, and Oncologic Dermatology, University of Florence, Villa Basilewsky, Via Lorenzo Il Magnifico 104, 50129 Florence, Italy
3Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, University of Florence, Villa Basilewsky, Via Lorenzo Il Magnifico 104, 50129 Florence, Italy

Received 17 December 2009; Accepted 15 March 2010

Academic Editor: Lester M. Davids

Copyright © 2010 M. Sanzo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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