Histopathologic analysis of 232 eyes with retinoblastoma conducted in an Indian tertiary-care ophthalmic center

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 265-267

  Biswas, Jyotirmay ^a   Das, Dipankar ^a   Krishnakumar, S ^a   Shanmugam, Mahesh P ^a  

^a SANKARA NETHRALAYA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER INVASION; CHILD; CHOROID; ENUCLEATION; EVALUATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; IRIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OPTIC NERVE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCLERA; SCORING SYSTEM; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; TUMOR NECROSIS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0141651832     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0191-3913-20030901-05     Document Type: Review

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