Conjunctival melanoma: A new clinical and therapeutical approach

Case Reports in Dermatology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-155

  Rodriguez Martin M ^a   Rodriguez Martin J ^a   Merino De Paz, N ^a   Contreras Ferrer, P ^a   Rocha Cabrera, P ^a   Rodriguez Martin B ^a   Gordillo Santana, G ^a   Martin Herrera A ^a   Noda Cabrera, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Melanoma; Oncology; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

IMIQUIMOD; MITOMYCIN C;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL MELANOMA; CORNEA; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EYELID EDEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN IRRITATION;

EID: 79951974743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16626567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320246     Document Type: Article

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