Incidence of iris melanoma in western Norway [4]

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 116-117

  Krohn, Jørgen ^a,b   Dahl, Olav ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRIS TUMOR; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UVEA MELANOMA; INCIDENCE;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRIS NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; NORWAY;

EID: 39349117165     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.01011.x     Document Type: Letter

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