Incomplete spontaneous regression of choroidal melanoma associated with inflammation

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1245-1247

  Shields, Carol L ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^b   Santos, Maria Carmen M ^b   Gündüz, Kaan ^b   Singh, Arun D ^b   Othmane, Ihab ^b  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION;

EID: 0032820030     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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