Ring melanoma of the anterior chamber angle: A report of fourteen cases

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 336-342

  Demirci, Hakan ^a   Shields, Carol L ^a,c   Shields, Jerry A ^a   Eagle Jr , Ralph C ^b   Honavar, Santosh ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL TYPE; CILIARY BODY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENUCLEATION; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHLEMM CANAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; UVEA MELANOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; BRACHYTHERAPY; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034880520     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(01)01051-0     Document Type: Article

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