Conjunctival amelanotic malignant melanoma arising in primary acquired melanosis sine pigmento

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 191-194

  Jay, Venita ^a   Font, Ramon L ^a,b  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031895267     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)92156-X     Document Type: Article

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