Conjunctival melanoma in the black population

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-133

  Singh, Arun D ^a   Campos, Otto E ^b   Rhatigan, Ronald M ^b   Schulman, Joel A ^c   Misra, Raghunath P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Melanoma; Primary acquired melanosis

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR BIOPSY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; S100 PROTEINS;

EID: 0031682112     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(98)00020-4     Document Type: Review

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