Radiation toxicity to the visual system

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 193-194

  Parsons, James T ^a  

^a Bethesda Memorial Hospital Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; BRAIN NECROSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA ULCER; DRY EYE; EDITORIAL; ENUCLEATION; EVISCERATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IRIS RUBEOSIS; LACRIMAL GLAND DISEASE; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RETINA DISEASE; SYMBLEPHARON; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OPTIC NERVE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 4444265815     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041327-200409000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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