Paediatric uveal melanoma

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 374-376

  Kanthan, Gowri L ^a   Grigg, John ^a,b   Billson, Frank ^a,b   Kourt, Gina ^b   Conway, R Max ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromosomal abnormality; Paediatric malignancy; Uveal melanoma

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; MELANIN;

A SCAN; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; CHILD CARE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 8Q; CHROMOSOME ADDITION; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; ENUCLEATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SLIT LAMP; UVEA MELANOMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

CHILD; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; CILIARY BODY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 47649133443     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2008.001739.x     Document Type: Article

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