Invasive giant cell astrocytoma of the retina in a patient with tuberous sclerosis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 639-642

  Gündüz, Kaan ^a   Eagle Jr , Ralph C ^b   Shields, Carol L ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^a,c   Augsburger, James J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; FEMALE; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA TUMOR; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0033504880     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90133-1     Document Type: Article

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