Prognostic value of clinical and histopathological parameters in conjunctival melanomas: a retrospective study.

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Published in Br J Ophthalmol on February 01, 2002

Authors

Gerasimos Anastassiou1, Arnd Heiligenhaus, Nikos Bechrakis, Elisabeth Bader, Norbert Bornfeld, Klaus-Peter Steuhl

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Essen, University of Essen, Germany. gerasimos.anastassion@uni-essen.de

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