The Association of Cutaneous and Iris Nevi with Uveal Melanoma: A Meta-analysis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Weis, Ezekiel ^a,b   Shah, Chirag P ^a,c   Lajous, Martin ^a,d   Shields, Jerry A ^c   Shields, Carol L ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; IRIS NEVUS; LENTIGO; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 61349117980     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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