Merkel cell carcinoma of the eyelid management and prognosis

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 197-204

  Herbert, Helen M ^a   Sun, Michelle T ^b   Selva, Dinesh ^b   Fernando, Bertie ^c   Saleh, George M ^a,d   Beaconsfield, Michele ^a   Collin, Richard ^a   Uddin, Jimmy ^a   Meligonis, George ^a   Leatherbarrow, Brian ^c   Ataullah, Sajid ^c   Irion, Lucianne ^c   McLean, Chris J ^d   Huilgol, Shyamala C ^b   Davis, Garry ^b   Sullivan, Timothy J ^e  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; EYELID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894282408     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.6077     Document Type: Article

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