An evaluation of tumour vascularity as a prognostic indicator in uveal melanoma

Melanoma Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-242

  Lane, A M ^a   Egan, K M ^a   Yang, J ^a   Saornil, M A ^b   Alroy, J ^c   Albert, D ^d   Gragoudas, E S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Neoplasm metastasis; Neovascularization; Uveal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

PEROXIDASE; ULEX EUROPAEUS AGGLUTININ;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 0030744326     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-199706000-00008     Document Type: Article

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