Acute and late side effects of radiotherapy for ocular disease: An overview

Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue , 1997, Pages 281-286

  Alberti, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; BRACHYTHERAPY; EYE; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; ORBIT; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EYE; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; ORBIT; RADIATION INJURIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030634492     PISSN: 00719676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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