Assessment of metastatic disease status at death in 435 patients with large choroidal melanoma in the collaborative ocular melanoma study (coms) coms report no. 15

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 670-676

  Willson, J K V ^a   Albert, D M ^a   Diener West, M ^a   McCaffrey, L ^a   Mo, C S ^a   Scully, R E ^a   Robinson, N ^a   Zimbric, M ^a  

^a Wilmer Clinical Trials and Biometry ^*  (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOROID MELANOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; METASTASIS; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035025251     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.119.5.670     Document Type: Article

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