Brain metastasis from ocular malignant melanoma: a case report of a brain secondary lesion occurring 5 years after the primary lesion treatment
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عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Dermatology and Allergology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1642-395X
DOI: 10.5114/ada.2019.85644