Clinical mapping of conjunctival melanomas

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1545-1549

  Damato, B ^a   Coupland, S E ^b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY;

EID: 55449083650     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.129882     Document Type: Article

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