Report of a conjunctival myxoma case and review of the literature

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 735-738

  Demirci, Hakan ^a   Shields, Carol L ^a   Eagle Jr , Ralph C ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYXOMA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33646478867     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.5.735     Document Type: Article

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