Extended follow-up of small melanocytic choroidal tumors treated with transpupillary thermotherapy

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 503-506

  Win, Peter H ^a   Robertson, Dennis M ^a   Buettner, Helmut ^a   McCannel, Colin A ^a   Bennett, Steven R ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b VitreoRetinal Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHOROID TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOTHERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; TRANSPUPILLARY THERMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PUPIL; REMISSION INDUCTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33645861645     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.4.503     Document Type: Article

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