Cytogenetics of Uveal Melanoma. A 7-Year Clinical Experience

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Damato, Bertil ^a   Duke, Catherine ^b   Coupland, Sarah E ^a   Hiscott, Paul ^c   Smith, Peter A ^a   Campbell, Ian ^d   Douglas, Angela ^b   Howard, Peter ^b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d IC Statistical Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 8; CILIARY BODY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CYTOGENETICS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MITOSIS; MONOSOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 34848924311     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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