Radiotherapy and cataract formation

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 171-180

  Ferrufino Ponce, Zandra K ^a   Henderson, Bonnie An ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract formation; Lenticular opacity; Radiation adverse effects; Radiation induced cataract; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; IODINE 125; PALLADIUM 103; RADON; RUTHENIUM 106;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CATARACTOGENESIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR TUMOR; IONIZING RADIATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INDUCED CATARACT; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CATARACT; EYE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 33747586044     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: 17445205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08820530500351728     Document Type: Review

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