Chromosomal aberrations in iris melanomas

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 424-428

  Mensink, H W ^a,b   Vaarwater, J ^a,b   De Keizer, R J W ^c   De Wolff Rouendaal, D ^c   Mooy, C M ^b   De Klein, A ^b   Paridaens, D ^a  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; RUTHENIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 3P; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME 8P; CHROMOSOME 8Q; CHROMOSOME 9P; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CILIARY BODY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC GAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRIDOCORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL SYNDROME; IRIS MELANOMA; IRIS TUMOR; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; TRABECULECTOMY; UVEA MELANOMA;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; IRIS NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79952040707     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.181289     Document Type: Article

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