Molecular testing prognostic of low risk in epithelioid uveal melanoma in a child

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 323-326

  Dimaras, Helen ^a,b,c   Parulekar, Manoj Vijay ^a,d   Kwok, Grace ^a   Simpson, E Rand ^a   Ali, Asim ^a   Halliday, William ^a   Shago, Mary ^a   Harbour, J William ^e   Héon, Elise ^a   Gallie, Brenda L ^b,c,f   Chan, Helen S L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME DELETION 13; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPITHELIOID UVEA MELANOMA; EYE BIOPSY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SURVIVAL TIME; UVEA MELANOMA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MELANOMA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84874659283     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302561     Document Type: Article

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