Mortality in patients with small choroidal melanoma: COMS report no. 4

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 886-893

  Hawkins, Barbara S ^a   Melia, Michele ^b  

^a Wilmer Clinical Trials and Biometry ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHOROID MELANOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 8544262153     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100160056009     Document Type: Article

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