Unilateral conjunctival-corneal argyrosis simulating conjunctival melanoma

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1483-1487

  Zografos, Leonidas ^a   Uffer, Sylvie ^b   Chamot, Line ^b  

^a HÔPITAL OPHTALMIQUE JULES GONIN   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; MILD SILVER PROTEIN; PROTAGOL; SILVER;

AGED; ARGYRIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONJUNCTIVAL CORNEAL ARGYROSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP;

AGED; ARGYRIA; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; CORNEAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SILVER; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0141885200     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.121.10.1483     Document Type: Article

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