Friendly fire: Neurogenic visual loss from radiation therapy

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-250

  Lessell, Simmons ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOTHERAPY; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

HUMANS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 4444305430     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041327-200409000-00014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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