Spontaneous regression of a conjunctival malignant melanoma

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Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139-141

  Miller, Christina V ^a   Cook, Ian S ^a   Jayaramachandran, Rama ^a   Tyers, Anthony G ^a  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Histopathology; Malignant melanoma; Regression

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONJUNCTIVAL MALIGNANT MELANOMA; CORNEA LIMBUS; EYELID; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; MELANOSIS; MITOSIS; ONCOLOGIST; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; ULCER;

AGED; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84896764574     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: 17445108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01676830.2013.851708     Document Type: Article

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