Frequency of ocular metastases in patients dying of cancer in eye bank populations

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-128

  Eliassi Rad, Babak ^a   Albert, Daniel M ^a,c   Green, W Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; EYEBANK; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030023127     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.80.2.125     Document Type: Article

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