Reassessment of the PAS patterns in uveal melanoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 240-246

  Foss, Alexander J E ^a,d   Alexander, Robert A ^a   Hungerford, John L ^b   Harris, Adrian L ^c   Cree, Ian A ^a   Lightman, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UVEA MELANOMA;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FACTOR VIII; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PERIODIC ACID-SCHIFF REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030980680     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.3.240     Document Type: Article

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