Multifocal Blue Nevus of the Conjunctiva

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-49

  Berman, Edwina L ^a   Shields, Carol L ^a   Sagoo, Mandeep S ^a   Eagle Jr , Ralph C ^b   Shields, Jerry A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blue nevus; common blue nevus; conjunctiva; melanoma; multifocal; nevus; racial melanosis; tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLUE NEVUS; CASE REPORT; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CRYOTHERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

BIOPSY; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; CRYOSURGERY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, BLUE;

EID: 38049014844     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2007.10.009     Document Type: Review

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