The collaborative ocular melanoma study

Ophthalmology Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-142

  Singh, Arun D ^a   Kivelä, Tero ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENUCLEATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; LASER COAGULATION; METASTASIS; MITOSIS RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; UVEA MELANOMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 14844286885     PISSN: 08961549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ohc.2004.11.004     Document Type: Review

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