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Uvea

Known as: Uveal tract, Tunica Vasculosa of Eyeball, Tunica vasculosa bulbi 
The middle layer of the wall of the eye. The uvea has 3 main parts: (1) the choroid (the tissue layer filled with blood vessels); (2) the ciliary… 
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Acute anterior uveitisBenign Iris NeoplasmBenign neoplasm of choroidBlood supply aspects

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Ciliary BodyIris (Eye)

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Germline BAP1 mutations predispose to renal cell carcinomas.
Review
2013
Review
2013
Tumours associated with BAP1 mutations
Summary BAP1 (BRCA1-Associated Protein 1) was initially identified as a protein that binds to BRCA1. BAP1 is a tumour suppressor… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Germline BAP1 mutation predisposes to uveal melanoma, lung adenocarcinoma, meningioma, and other cancers
Objective To investigate the potential contribution of germline sequence alterations in the BAP1 gene in uveal melanoma (UM… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Uveal metastasis from breast cancer in 264 patients.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
A molecular role for lysyl oxidase in breast cancer invasion.
We identified previously an up-regulation in lysyl oxidase (LOX) expression,an extracellular matrix remodeling enzyme, in a… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Melanoma-stroma interactions: structural and functional aspects.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Sequence analysis and homology modeling suggest that primary congenital glaucoma on 2p21 results from mutations disrupting either the hinge region or the conserved core structures of cytochrome…
We recently reported three truncating mutations of the cytochrome P4501B1 gene (CYP1B1) in five families with primary congenital… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Lifetime prevalence of uveal melanoma in white patients with oculo(dermal) melanocytosis.
Review
1995
Review
1995
Ocular absorption following topical delivery
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Long-term results of proton beam irradiated uveal melanomas.
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