Corneal perforation due to late radiation therapy-induced corneal necrosis clinicopathological correlation

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-71

  Chaqués, Vicente ^a,b   Saornil, María Antonia ^a   Herreras, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b Institute of Applied Ophthalmobiology ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Corneal perforation; Orbital rhabdomyosarcoma; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA PERFORATION; HUMAN; MALE; ORBIT CANCER; RADIOTHERAPY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

EID: 0033852701     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/0927-3948(200003)811-sft067     Document Type: Article

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