Have choroidal and ciliary body melanomas changed during the period 1955-2000?

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 509-516

  Isager, Peter ^a   Ehlers, Niels ^a   Overgaard, Jens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Natural history; Ocular; Time trend; Uvea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHOROID MELANOMA; CILIARY BODY MELANOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DENMARK; DISEASE COURSE; ENUCLEATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TIME; TUMOR VOLUME; UVEA MELANOMA; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; CILIARY BODY; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UVEAL NEOPLASMS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 6344229743     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2004.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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