The role of strontium-90 surface application in the prevention of recurrent pterygium;Ergebnisse der Strontium-90-Kontakttherapie zur Rezidivprophylaxe des Pterygiums

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 172, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 417-421

  Schultze, J ^a,b   Hinrichs, M ^a   Kimmig, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRONTIUM 90;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PTERYGIUM; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PTERYGIUM; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECURRENCE; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029908630     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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