Conjunctival melanotic lesions in Chinese: Comparison with Caucasian series

Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-201

  Chau, Kai Y ^a,c   Hui, Siu P ^b   Cheng, George P M ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chinese; Conjunctival diseases; Hyperpigmentation; Melanocytes pathology; Nevus

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; PIGMENTED NEVUS;

EID: 0032841067     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003130299104963     Document Type: Article

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