Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 4 , Pages e387-e389 , April 2010

Nonchoroidal intraorbital malignant melanoma arising from naevus of Ota

  • Hannah John

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 39 Stonehill Road, Great Shelford, CB22 5JL, Cambridge, UK. Tel.: +44 07964460478; fax: +44 01223 840384.
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  • Jonathan A. Britto

Received 3 December 2008 ,Accepted 20 September 2009.

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PII: S1748-6815(09)00711-6

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.09.014

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 4 , Pages e387-e389 , April 2010