Photodynamic therapy of circumscribed choroidal haemangioma [1]

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 557-559

  Kjeka, Ole ^a   Krohn, Jørgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHOROID DISEASE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA EDEMA; RETINA FOVEA; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 0036772097     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2002.800520.x     Document Type: Letter

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