Utility of a biopsy in suspicious pigmented iris tumors

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 267-272

  Schalenbourg, Ann ^a   Uffer, Sylvie ^a   Zografos, Leonidas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Iris biopsy; Malignant melanoma; Nevus; Proton therapy; Radiotherapy; Ultrasound biomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IRIS MELANOMA; IRIS TUMOR; MALE; NEVUS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDECTOMY; IRIS NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PROTONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 50049101042     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127834     Document Type: Article

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