Choriocarcinoma metastatic to the choroid [5]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 650-652

  Pakala, S R ^a   Hollander, D A ^a   O'Brien, J M ^a   Kavanagh, Marsha C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 33646228659     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.085829     Document Type: Letter

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