Altered chromosome expression of uveal melanoma in the setting of melanocytosis

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 578-580

  Horgan, Noel ^a   Shields, Carol L ^a   Swanson, Lori ^b   Teixeira, Luiz F ^a   Eagle Jr , Ralph C ^c   Ganguly, Arupa ^b   Shields, Jerry A ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 3P; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME 8P; CHROMOSOME 8Q; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOCYTOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUMOR BIOPSY; UVEA MELANOMA;

CHOROID DISEASES; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; CILIARY BODY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MONOSOMY; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70350510992     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01235.x     Document Type: Letter

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