External radiotherapy in macular degeneration: Technique and preliminary subjective response

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 857-860

  Freire, Jorge ^a   Longton, Wallace A ^a   Miyamoto, Curtis T ^a   Brady, Luther W ^a   Augsburger, James ^b   Brown, Gary ^b   Micaily, Bizhan ^a   Unda, Ricardo ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Macular degeneration; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030292817     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00428-2     Document Type: Article

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