Iris mammillations as the only sign of ocular melanocytosis in a child with choroidal melanoma

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 716-717

  Gündüz, Kaan ^a   Shields, Carol L ^a,c   Shields, Jerry A ^a   Eagle, Ralph C ^b   Singh, Arun D ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0342657029     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.118.5.716     Document Type: Article

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