Intraocular biopsy using special forceps: A new instrument and refined surgical technique

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-82

  Akgul, Harun ^a   Otterbach, Friedrich ^a   Bornfeld, Norbert ^a   Jurklies, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE BIOPSY; FEMALE; FORCEPS; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR TUMOR; MALE; MICROMETASTASIS; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UVEA MELANOMA; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; EYE; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 78650845190     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.148395     Document Type: Article

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