Clinical applications of chromosome analysis, from fine needle aspiration biopsies, of posterior uveal melanomas

Eye

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-207

  Sisley, Karen ^a   Nichols, Carmel ^a   Parsons, M Andrew ^a   Farr, Robin ^a   Rees, Robert C ^b   Rennie, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytogenetics; Prognosis in situ; Uveal melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 0031747522     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.48     Document Type: Article

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