Uveal melanoma: Comparison of the prognostic value of fibrovascular loops, mean of the ten largest nucleoli, cell type, and tumor size

Ophthalmology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 777-780

  McLean, I W ^a   Keefe, K S ^a   Burnier, M N ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 0030995996     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(97)30234-6     Document Type: Article

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