Mortality after diagnosis of small melanocytic lesions of the choroid

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 996-1000

  Lane, Anne Marie ^a   Egan, Kathleen M ^b   Kim, Ivana K ^a   Gragoudas, Evangelos S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHOROID MELANOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; METASTASIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955455442     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.166     Document Type: Article

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