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The MOLES system to guide the management of melanocytic choroidal tumours: can optometrists apply it?

Jeremy PM Flanagana Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4506-4388
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Roderick F O’Dayb Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia;c Ocular Oncology Clinic, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia;d Ocular Oncology Service, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kelsey A Roelofse Division of Orbital and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Myra B McGuinnessa Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia;b Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia;f Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5422-040X
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Peter van Wijngaardena Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia;b Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8800-7834
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Bertil E Damatod Ocular Oncology Service, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK;g Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Pages 271-275 | Received 16 Nov 2021, Accepted 04 Jan 2022, Published online: 13 Feb 2022

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