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Metastatic cutaneous melanoma to the conjunctiva in an Afro-Caribbean patient

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, LE1 5WW, UK

    N G Ziakas, T Eke & D B Goulstine

  2. Department of Histopathology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, LE1 5WW, UK

    C H Kendall

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Ziakas, N., Eke, T., Kendall, C. et al. Metastatic cutaneous melanoma to the conjunctiva in an Afro-Caribbean patient. Eye 14, 667–668 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2000.166

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