Metastases in the ophthalmic region in Denmark 1969-98. A histopathological study

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-50

  Fahmy, Peter ^a   Heegaard, Steffen ^a   Jensen, Ove Aksel ^a   Prause, Jan Ulrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Choroid; Eye; Frequency; Lung cancer; Melanoma; Metastases; Orbit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EYE CANCER; EYELID; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; ORBIT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; UVEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038779613     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2003.00018.x     Document Type: Article

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