Regression of choroidal metastasis from breast carcinoma following Letrozole therapy

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 492-494

  Venkatesh, Pradeep ^a   Garg, Satpal ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Choroidal metastasis; Letrozole

Indexed keywords

LETROZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CHOROID CANCER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETINA DETACHMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NITRILES; REMISSION INDUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 34547422360     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01520.x     Document Type: Article

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