Accuracy of Diagnosis of Choroidal Melanomas in the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study: COMS Report No. 1

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 1990, Pages 1268-1273

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ARTICLE; CHOROID MELANOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0025029761     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1990.01070110084030     Document Type: Article

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