Iris melanomas: Are they more frequent in New Zealand?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 4-5

  Michalova, K ^a   Clemett, R ^a   Dempster, A ^a   Evans, J ^a   Allardyce, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IRIS DISEASE; MELANOMA; NEW ZEALAND; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRIS NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEW ZEALAND; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0035174465     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.85.1.4     Document Type: Note

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