Ultrasound biomicroscopy: Role in diagnosis and management in 130 consecutive patients evaluated for anterior segment tumours

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 950-955

  Conway, R Max ^a,b   Chew, T ^a   Golchet, P ^a   Desai, K ^a   Lin, S ^a   O'Brien, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CHILD; CILIARY BODY; CYST; EYE TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IRIS TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEVUS; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; UVEA MELANOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CHILD; CILIARY BODY; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIS NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23144432628     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.059535     Document Type: Article

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