Managing patients with ocular melanoma: State of the art

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 589-590

  Damato, Bertil ^a   Coupland, Sarah E ^b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA MELANOMA; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ENUCLEATION; EYE BIOPSY; EYE CANCER; EYE MELANOMA; HUMAN; IRIS MELANOMA; IRIS TUMOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; UVEA MELANOMA;

EYE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 55649111531     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2008.01855.x     Document Type: Editorial

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