Ring melanoma - A rare cause of refractory glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 194-198

  Lee, Vickie ^a   Cree, Ian A ^b   Hungerford, John L ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; CILIARY BODY TUMOR; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; IRIS TUMOR; MALE; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRABECULECTOMY; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 0033008293     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.2.194     Document Type: Article

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