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Research Article

Consistency of observations from echograms made centrally in the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study COMS Report No. 13

COMS Echography Center COMS Echography Center, Mars Hill, NC
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Sandra Frazier Byrne COMS Echography Center, Mars Hill, NC
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Marta J. Marsh COMS Echography Center, Mars Hill, NC
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H. Culver Boldt COMS Echography Center, Mars Hill, NC
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Ronald L. Green COMS Echography Center, Mars Hill, NC
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Robert N. Johnson COMS Echography Center, Mars Hill, NC
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David J. Wilson COMS Echography Center, Mars Hill, NC
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Pages 11-27 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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