Circumscribed choroidal hemangioma

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 142-149

  Mashayekhi, Arman ^a   Shields, Carol L ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

CHORIORETINOPATHY; CHOROID ANGIOMA; CHOROID DISEASE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; LASER COAGULATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; REVIEW; SUBRETINAL FLUID; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ACUITY;

CHOROID NEOPLASMS; COLORING AGENTS; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INDOCYANINE GREEN; LASER COAGULATION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY;

EID: 0038016771     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200306000-00006     Document Type: Review

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