Lifetime prevalence of uveal melanoma in white patients with oculo(dermal) melanocytosis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 195-198

  Singh, Arun D ^a   De Potter, Patrick ^b   Fijal, Bonnie A ^c   Shields, Carol L ^b   Shields, Jerry A ^b   Elston, Robert C ^c  

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

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTOSIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 0031895268     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)92205-9     Document Type: Article

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