Plaque-mounted diode-light transillumination for localization around intraocular tumors

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-183

  Finger, Paul T ^a,b   Iezzi, Ray ^a   Romero, Juan M ^a   Rosen, Richard B ^a   Szechter, Andrzej ^b   Hegde, Hradaya ^b  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INTRAOCULAR TUMOR; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA;

EID: 0033026636     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.117.2.179     Document Type: Article

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