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SUBMITTER: Usui Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5285432 | biostudies-other | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie 20161122 2
<h4>Background</h4>To examine the usefulness of measuring immune mediators in aqueous humor samples for differentiating malignant uveal melanoma from benign pigmented intraocular tumors.<h4>Methods</h4>Thirteen eyes of 13 patients with uveal melanoma were studied, and 13 eyes of 13 patients with benign pigmented intraocular tumors served as controls. Undiluted samples of aqueous humor were collected, and a cytometric bead array was used to determine the aqueous humor concentrations of 35 immune ...[more]