Visual outcome in macular retinoblastoma treated with primary chemotherapy

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 217, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 417-421

  Balasubramanya, R ^a   Pushker, Neelam ^a   Bajaj, Mandeep S ^a   Rani, Alka ^a   Ghose, Supriyo ^a   Arya, Laxman S ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Fovea; Macula; Retinoblastoma; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METASTASIS; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA INJURY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINOBLASTOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0142227836     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073072     Document Type: Article

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