Prognostically relevant markers in malignant melanoma of the uvea;Prognostisch relevante marker bei malignem melanom der uvea

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 327-332

  Anastassiou, G ^a   Tschentscher, F ^a   Zeschnigk, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Malignant melanoma; Microarray analysis; Prognostic parameters; Uvea

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND;

CELL TYPE; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 8; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MONOSOMY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 0036590223     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: 14330423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-002-0635-8     Document Type: Review

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