American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 126, Issue 3 , Pages 373-378 , September 1998

Distribution of prognostically important vascular patterns across multiple levels in ciliary body and choroidal melanomas

  • Mary G. Mehaffey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (Drs Mehaffey and Folberg, and Ms Gardner), University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
    • ,
  • Lynn M. Gardner (HT (ASCP))

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (Drs Mehaffey and Folberg, and Ms Gardner), University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
    • ,
  • Robert Folberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (Drs Mehaffey and Folberg, and Ms Gardner), University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
    • Department of Pathology (Dr Folberg), University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Robert Folberg, MD, University of Iowa, 100 Medical Research Center, Room 233, Iowa City, IA 52242-1182; fax: (319) 335-7193

,Accepted 2 February 1998.

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☆ This study was supported by grant EY10457 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland (Dr Folberg) and in part by an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc, New York, New York.

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American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 126, Issue 3 , Pages 373-378 , September 1998

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