Iris ring melanoma: Fine needle biopsy

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 420-422

  Char, Devron H ^a,b   Kemlitz, A E ^a   Miller, T ^c   Crawford, J B ^c  

^a Tumori Foundation   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; IRIS RING MELANOMA; IRIS TUMOR; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IRIS NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645301855     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.088294     Document Type: Article

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