Familial uveal melanoma, III: Is the occurrence of familial uveal melanoma coincidental?

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1101-1104

  Singh, Arun D ^a,d   Wang, Ming X ^b   Donoso, Larry A ^b   Shields, Carol L ^a   De Potter, Patrick ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^a   Elston, Robert C ^c   Fijal, Bonnie ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; UVEA TUMOR;

EID: 0029737812     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100140303008     Document Type: Article

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