Ultrasound biomicroscopy features of iris and ciliary body melanomas before and after brachytherapy

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-138

  Torres, Virginia L L ^a   Allemann, Norma ^a   Erwenne, Clélia M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CATARACT; CILIARY BODY TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE SYNECHIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRIS TUMOR; MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERA; SCLERA DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UVEA MELANOMA; ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CILIARY BODY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; MELANOMA; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UVEA TUMOR;

AGED; BIOPSY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CILIARY BODY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIS NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 15944365880     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1542-8877-20050301-09     Document Type: Article

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