CNS metastasis from malignant uveal melanoma: A clinical and histopathological characterisation

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 641-644

  Holfort, S K ^a   Lindegaard, J ^a   Isager, P ^b   Prause, J U ^a   Heegaard, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM METASTASIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MIXED TUMOR; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; UVEA MELANOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; DENMARK; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; TIME; UVEA TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; UVEAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149146753     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.145664     Document Type: Article

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