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Molecular testing prognostic of low risk in epithelioid uveal melanoma in a child.
The British journal of ophthalmology - 1 Mar 2013
Dimaras Helen, Parulekar Manoj Vijay, Kwok Grace, Simpson E Rand, Ali Asim, Halliday William, Shago Mary, Harbour J William, Héon Elise, Gallie Brenda L, Chan Helen S L
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AIMS: To characterise a histologically unusual paediatric uveal melanoma by gene expression and karyotypic profiling and assess prognosis. METHODS: The tumour was studied by histopathology, karyotype analysis, single nucleotide polymorphism and gene expression profile analysis for correlation with clinical outcome. RESULTS: The tumour had predominantly epithelioid histology. Karyotype analysis showed none of the...
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