Long term results after low dose ocular irradiation for choroidal haemangiomas

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 267-273

  Schilling, Harald ^a   Sauerwein, Wolfgang ^b   Lommatzsch, Albrecht ^a   Friedrichs, Wilko ^a   Brylak, Sibylle ^b   Bornfeld, Norbert ^c   Wessing, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA FOVEA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030975434     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.4.267     Document Type: Article

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