Posterior uveal melanomas have nonrandom alterations affecting chromosomes 3, 6, and 8. Loss of chromosome 3 in uveal melanoma has been shown to act as a predictor of disease-free and overall survival. To confirm the significance of chromosome 3 loss and to extend the observations to include those o
Uveal melanomas. Correlation of cytologic features with prognosis
β Scribed by John W. Gamel; Ian W. McLean; Walter D. Foster; Lorenz E. Zimmerman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 391 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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