Long-term follow-up of Ru-106/Rh-106 brachytherapy for posterior uveal melanoma

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-137

  Lommatzsch, Peter Karl ^a,b   Werschnik, Cornelia ^b   Schuster, Ernst ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b University of Leipzig ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UVEA MELANOMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034021515     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00007880     Document Type: Article

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