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32Phosphorus uptake test in choroidal melanomas, naevi and haemangiomas

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    J. A. Oosterhuis, E. K. J. Pauwels, D. De Wolff-Rouendaal & I. G. Jeltes

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This study was supported by the Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute.

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Oosterhuis, J.A., Pauwels, E.K.J., De Wolff-Rouendaal, D. et al. 32Phosphorus uptake test in choroidal melanomas, naevi and haemangiomas. Doc Ophthalmol 50, 9–19 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00161145

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