Size overlap between benign melanocytic choroidal nevi and choroidal malignant melanomas

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2823-2828

  Augsburger, James J ^a   Corrêa, Zélia M ^a   Trichopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Shaikh, Adeel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHOROID MELANOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ADULT; CHOROID TUMOR; CLASSIFICATION; INCIDENCE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; NEVUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 48249137679     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1603     Document Type: Article

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