Conjunctival Nevi: Clinical Features and Natural Course in 410 Consecutive Patients

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-175

  Shields, Carol L ^a,b   Fasiudden, Airey ^a   Mashayekhi, Arman ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA NEVUS; CORNEA; CORNEA LIMBUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0842283904     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.2.167     Document Type: Article

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