Analysis of ocular surface alterations following proton beam radiation in eyes with conjunctival malignant melanoma;Analyse der okulären oberfläche nach protonenbestrahlung bei malignem melanom der bindehaut

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 588-595

  Westekemper, H ^a   Anastassiou, G ^a   Sauerwein, W ^a   Chauvel, P ^b   Bornfeld, N ^a   Steuhl, K P ^a   Meller, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Centre Antoine Lacassagne   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conjunctival melanoma; Proton beam irradiation; Sicca symptoms; Squamous metaplasia; Tear film diagnostics

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONJUNCTIVAL MALIGNANT MELANOMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVISCERATION; EYE CANCER; EYELID; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; MALE; MELANOMA; PROTON RADIATION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEAR FILM; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 33745683877     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: 14330423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-006-1341-8     Document Type: Article

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