Malignant melanomas of the iris

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 281-285

  Batioǧlu, Figen ^a   Günalp, Ilhan ^a,b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Cinnah Cad Nihat Erim Işhani ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Histopathology; Iris melanoma; Management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENUCLEATION; EPITHELIOID CELL; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRIDECTOMY; IRIS; MALE; MELANOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRIS; IRIS NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032124382     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(98)00011-2     Document Type: Article

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