Spontaneous appearance of an optic disk melanocytoma in an adult

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 614-615

  Shields, Jerry A ^a,c   Shields, Carol L ^a   Piccone, Michele ^a   Snady McCoy, Lory C ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; EVALUATION; EYE FUNDUS; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELANOCYTOSIS; OPTIC DISK; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036807937     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)01590-8     Document Type: Article

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