Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 336-338 , February 2007

Aggressive small choroidal melanoma presenting as a dense cataract

,Accepted 17 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.09.032

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 336-338 , February 2007

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