Retinoinvasive malignant melanoma of the uvea

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 691-697

  Kivelä, Tero ^a,b   Summanen, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM; CILIARY BODY TUMOR; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRIS; OPTIC NERVE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; SPINDLE CELL; UVEA MELANOMA; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0030966312     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.8.691     Document Type: Article

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