Finger's amniotic membrane buffer technique: Protecting the cornea during radiation plaque therapy

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 531-534

  Finger, Paul T ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK EYE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; GOLD; IODINE 125; PALLADIUM 103;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DOSIMETRY; EYE PROTECTION; HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UVEA MELANOMA;

AMNION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CORNEA; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MELANOMA; PALLADIUM; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 42249091148     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.4.531     Document Type: Article

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