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intraocular melanoma  

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  • WELL KNOWN TO the general public are cutaneous melanomas of the skin that involve malignant transformation of melanocytes—cells within the epidermis responsible for producing pigment. Melanomas can and do arise anywhere melanocytes exist in the body, however, including the eye. [Source: Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society; Melanoma, Intraocular]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-MG2450TH-Z

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