Differences in uveal melanomas between men and women from the British Isles

Eye

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 292-299

  Damato, B E ^a   Coupland, S E ^b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gender; genetics; histology; sex; uveal melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER SIZE; CHILD; CHOROID MELANOMA; CILIARY BODY MELANOMA; CILIARY BODY TUMOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRIS MELANOMA; IRIS TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; OPTIC DISK; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA TUMOR; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 84856614323     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2011.272     Document Type: Review

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