Palliative vitrectomy for intraocular metastasis from cutaneous melanoma [12]

Eye

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 660-662

  Shankar, J ^a   Damato, B E ^a   Hiscott, P ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; B SCAN; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MELANOMA; NECK DISSECTION; ORBIT METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RADIATION DOSE; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0036740620     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700160     Document Type: Letter

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