Clinical presentation of retinoblastoma in Eastern Nepal

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 386-389

  Badhu, Badri ^a   Sah, Shatrughan P ^a   Thakur, Sanjay K D ^a   Dulal, Sunu ^a   Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Sood, Archana ^a   Das, Hrishikesh ^a   Sah, Rabindra P ^a  

^a BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

Nepal; Proptosis; Retinoblastoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENUCLEATION; EVISCERATION; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NEPAL; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER INVASION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA TUMOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEPAL; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 26944481585     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.01010.x     Document Type: Article

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