Histopathologic characteristics of uveal melanomas in eyes enucleated from the collaborative ocular melanoma study COMS report no. 6

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 745-766

  Albert, D M ^a   Diener West, M ^a   Robinson, N L ^a   Grossniklaus, H E ^a   Green, W R ^a   Vine, A K ^a   Willis, J ^a   Frueh, B ^a   Kurtz, R M ^a   Elner, S ^a   Johnson, M W ^a   Sneed, S R ^a   Hayman, J ^a   Lichter, A S ^a   McGinn, C J ^a   Robertson, J M ^a   Schoeppel, S ^a   Haken, R T ^a   Thompson, A V ^a   Meyer, K A ^a   Martonyi, C ^a   Stanley, S A ^a   Elner, V ^a   Kincaid, M ^a   Wolter, R J ^a   Sternberg P , Jr ^a   Brown, J M ^a   Aaberg T M , Sr ^a   Capone A , Jr ^a   Wojno, T H ^a   Lim, J ^a   Keller, J W ^a   Landry, J ^a   Crocker, I ^a   McLaren, J ^a   Aguilera, C A ^a   Butler, E ^a   Klee, K A ^a   Strongosky, D ^a   Gibbs, D K ^a   Curtis, L T ^a   Fremstad, A ^a   Waldron, R G ^a   Ward, A ^a   Gilman, J ^a   Myles, R A ^a   Swords, R ^a   Calhoun, F P ^a   Campbell, W ^a   Jarrett II, W H ^a   Hagler, W S ^a   Halpen, R L ^a   Jones, N ^a   Schwaibold, F P ^a   Wynn, K J ^a   Mondalek, P ^a   Degenhardt, G A ^a   Hulsey, E K ^a   Lee, D H ^a   Aaron, J ^a   Bolerjak, D ^a   McCart, S ^a   McCoy, G ^a   Thompson, K D ^a   Baxter, B ^a   Robinson, B ^a   Wilson, K ^a   Schachat, A P ^a   Doll W T , Jr ^a   Greenberg, E F ^a   Alexander, M F ^a   Sackett, C S ^a   Goldberg, M F ^a   Hammer, L H ^a   Iliff, N T ^a   Lee, D J ^a   Chun, M ^a   Jackson, J F ^a   Iannito, J ^a   Lam, W C ^a   Pollack, L ^a   DiBernardo, C ^a   Cain, D ^a   Emmert, D ^a   George, T ^a   Zakov, Z N ^a   Rice, T A ^a   Hartnett, M ^a   Lichterman, S E ^a   Dempsey, K ^a   Preseren, D ^a   Niffenegger, J H ^a   Novak, M A ^a   Pendergast, S D ^a   Singermann, L J ^a   Weidenthal, D ^a   Zegarra, H ^a   Antoszyk, J ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHOROID MELANOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR NECROSIS; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 0037751710     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00040-3     Document Type: Article

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