Choroidal metastases and choroidal melanomas: Comparison of ultrasonographic findings

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-161

  Sobottka, Beate ^a,b   Schlote, Torsten ^a   Krumpaszky, Hans G ^a   Kreissig, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHOROID MELANOMA; CHOROID TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031967007     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.2.159     Document Type: Article

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