Histopathologic, immunohistochemical, and cytogenetic analysis of primary clear cell melanoma of the uvea

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 814-816

  Verdijk, Robert M ^a   Koopmans, Anna E ^a   Kilic, Emine ^a   Paridaens, Dion ^b   De Klein, Annelies ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELAN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; BLURRED VISION; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 6P; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CORNEA INJURY; CYTOGENETICS; EXON; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; INTRON; LETTER; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUMOR CELL; UVEA MELANOMA; UVEA PRIMARY CLEAR CELL MELANOMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84879038316     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.1939     Document Type: Letter

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