Lymph node metastases arising from uveal melanoma

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 117, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 433-435

  Ardjomand, Navid ^a,b   Komericki, Peter ^a   Langmann, Gerald ^a   Mattes, Dietmar ^a   Moray, Murat ^a   Scarpatetti, Michael ^a   El Shabrawi, Yosuf ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Universitats Augenklinik   (Austria)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Lymph node; Metastases; Ring melanoma; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CILIARY BODY TUMOR; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PIGMENT DISORDER; TRABECULECTOMY; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 23844521301     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-005-0329-8     Document Type: Article

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