Malignant melanoma of the cornea after blunt trauma;Malignes Melanom der Kornea nach stumpfem Trauma

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 625-627

  Jukic T ^a   Katusic, D ^a   Kordic R ^a   Cacic M ^a   Braunschweig, T ^b   Thumann, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blunt injury; Corneal erosion; Melanoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; EYE INJURY; EYE TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MELANOMA;

AGED; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; EYE INJURIES; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 70349772743     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-008-1872-2     Document Type: Article

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