Retinoblastoma: Clinical Features and Current Concepts in Management

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 464-468

  Watts, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Laser; Radiotherapy; Retinoblastoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOSPORIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

BONE MARROW TOXICITY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOTHERAPY; ENUCLEATION; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LASER SURGERY; METASTASIS; NEUROTOXICITY; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0347418103     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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