American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 125, Issue 6 , Pages 745-766 , June 1998

Histopathologic characteristics of uveal melanomas in eyes enucleated from the collaborative ocular melanoma study COMS report no. 6

  • Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study Group

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (Dr Albert and Ms Robinson)
    • Department of Biostatistics (Dr Diener-West), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Dr Grossniklaus)
    • Department of Ophthalmology (Drs Diener-West and Green), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Daniel M. Albert, MD, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin Medical School, F4/338 CSC, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792-3220; fax: (608) 263-1466
    • albert@eyesee.ophth.wisc.edu

,Accepted 13 October 1997.

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☆ This work was supported under cooperative agreements EY06260, EY06284, and EY06887 with the National Eye Institute, which includes support from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; an unrestricted gift from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc, New York, New York; and the Wisconsin Lions Eye Research Fund, Madison, Wisconsin.

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American Journal of Ophthalmology
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