Plaque radiotherapy for juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma: Visual acuity and survival outcome

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1357-1365

  De Potter, Patrick ^a   Shields, Carol L ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^a   Cater, Jacqueline R ^b   Brady, Luther W ^c  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHOROID MELANOMA; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RETINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0029979701     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100140557006     Document Type: Article

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