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Original Article

Season of Birth and the Risk of Uveal Melanoma

Zuber D. Mulla Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA; University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, El Paso, Texas, USA
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Curtis E. Margo Departments of Ophthalmology and Pathology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA
Pages 74-77 | Received 11 May 2008, Accepted 22 Aug 2008, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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