Transillumination for accurate placement of radioactive plaques in brachytherapy of choroidal melanoma

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 418-419

  Krohn, Jørgen ^a   Seland, Johan H ^a   Monge, Odd R ^a   Rekstad, Bernt L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MELANOMA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE PLAQUE; RADIOACTIVITY; SCLERA; TECHNIQUE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MELANOMA;

EID: 0034887349     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(01)00971-0     Document Type: Article

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