Choroidal nevus transformation into melanoma: Analysis of 2514 consecutive cases

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 981-987

  Shields, Carol L ^a,b   Furuta, Minoru ^a   Berman, Edwina L ^a   Zahler, Jonathan D ^a   Hoberman, Daniel M ^a   Dinh, Diep H ^a   Mashayekhi, Arman ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOROID TUMOR; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; NEVUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SUBRETINAL FLUID; SYMPTOM; THICKNESS; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549101958     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2009.151     Document Type: Article

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