Anatomoclinical aspects of conjunctival malignant metastatic melanoma

Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 933-937

  Costea, Claudia Florida ^a   Anghel, Kreolla ^b   Dimitriu, Gabriela ^b   Dumitrescu, Gabriela FlorenţA ^b   Faiyad, Ziyad ^b   Dumitrescu, Ana Maria ^a   Sava, Anca ^a  

^a GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Prof Dr Nicolae Oblu Emergency Clinical Hospital   (Romania)

Author keywords

Conjunctival malignant melanoma; Immunohistochemistry; Metastases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; EPITHELIOID CELL; FATALITY; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PATHOLOGY; SECONDARY;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MELANOMA;

EID: 84908253287     PISSN: 12200522     EISSN: 20668279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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