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Choroidal Melanoma

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Choroidal melanoma is a neoplasm of melanocytes and represents the most common primary intraocular malignancy in adults.

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  1. General Eye Services B-20, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21287-9277, USA

    Nazlee Zebardast MD, MSc

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Correspondence to Nazlee Zebardast MD, MSc .

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  1. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida, USA

    Carlos A. Medina

  2. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, MIAMI, Florida, USA

    Justin H. Townsend

  3. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Arun D. Singh

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Zebardast, N. (2016). Choroidal Melanoma. In: Medina, C., Townsend, J., Singh, A. (eds) Manual of Retinal Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20460-4_35

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