Iris melanoma: Features and prognosis in 317 children and adults

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-16

  Shields, Carol L ^a   Kaliki, Swathi ^a   Shah, Sanket U ^a   Luo, Wenjuan ^a   Furuta, Minoru ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS MELANOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THICKNESS; TUMOR SEEDING; UVEA MELANOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; IRIS NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UVEAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857701818     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: 15283933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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