Transpupillary Thermotherapy in Choroidal Melanomas

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 315-321

  Oosterhuis, Jendo A ^a   Journée Korver, Hanneke G ^a   Kakebeeke Kemme, Hedwig M ^a   Bleeker, Jaco C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE ENUCLEATION; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INFRARED RAYS; MELANOMA; PUPIL; RADIATION INJURIES; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; RUTHENIUM RADIOISOTOPES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0028900943     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1995.01100030071024     Document Type: Article

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