To biopsy or not to biopsy?: Editorial

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 586-587

  Seregard, Stefan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR BIOPSY; UVEA MELANOMA; EVALUATION; EYE; EYE TUMOR; MELANOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD; UVEA TUMOR; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE; EYE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 69449095074     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01638.x     Document Type: Editorial

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