Treatment of experimental choroidal melanoma with an Nd:Yttrium-Lanthanum-Fluoride laser at 1047 nm

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 357-363

  Krause, Matthias H J ^a   Xiong, Jing ^a   Gragoudas, Evangelos S ^a   Young, Lucy H Y ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHOROID MELANOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IRRADIATION; LASER; NEODYMIUM LASER; NEODYMIUM YTTRIUM LANTHANIDE FLUORIDE LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIATION DOSE; TEMPERATURE; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0037334948     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.121.3.357     Document Type: Article

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