The long-term effect of experimental beta-radiation therapy on the human cornea

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 249-253

  McMahon, Janice M ^a  

^a ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta radiation; Descemetocele; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BETA RADIATION; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON THERAPY; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ASTIGMATISM; BETA RAYS; BLOOD VESSELS; CALCINOSIS; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; RADIATION INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34548060408     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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