Transpupillary thermotherapy as primary treatment for small choroidal melanomas

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1512-1519

  Robertson, Dennis M ^a,c   Buettner, Helmut ^a   Bennett, Steven R ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Vitreoretinal Surgery Minneapolis   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0032699227     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.117.11.1512     Document Type: Article

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