Bilateral spontaneously regressed retinoblastoma with preservation of vision

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 122-124

  Roberts, B N ^a   Pilz, D T ^a   Walters, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84984768631     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1997.26     Document Type: Letter

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