Risk Factors for Growth and Metastasis of Small Choroidal Melanocytic Lesions

Ophthalmology

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 1351-1361

  Shields, Carol L ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^a   Kiratli, Hayyam ^a   De Potter, Patrick ^a   Cater, Jacqueline R ^b  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHOROID MELANOMA; CHOROID TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0029100258     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(95)30864-0     Document Type: Article

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