Extrascleral extension of choroidal malignant melanoma following transpupillary thermotherapy [10]

Eye

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-93

  Singh, Arun D ^a   Rundle, P A ^a   Berry Brincat, A ^a   Parsons, M A ^b   Rennie, I G ^a,b  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; CHOROID MELANOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LETTER; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SCLERA DISEASE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0842323985     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700512     Document Type: Letter

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