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Copy Number Analysis in Congenital Nevi: Concordance and Diagnostic Limitations of aCGH, sWGS, and Methylation Profiling

2026-03-03 dermatology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundDistinguishing benign proliferative nodules (PNs) from melanoma arising within congenital melanocytic nevi remains a major diagnostic challenge. Copy number alteration (CNA) analysis is widely used to support classification, but current criteria were developed using array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH). The performance of alternative platforms such as shallow whole-genome sequencing (sWGS) and methylation arrays in this setting is poorly defined. ObjectivesThe objective of t...

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