Primary transpupillary thermotherapy of "small" choroidal melanoma: Is it safe?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 727-728

  Singh, Arun D ^a   Kivelä, Tero ^b   Seregard, Stefan ^c   Robertson, Dennis ^d   Bena, James F ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHOROID MELANOMA; EDITORIAL; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DISEASE; RETINAL TRACTION; SCOTOMA; TRANSPUPILLARY THERMOTHERAPY; UNITED STATES;

CHOROID NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RISK; TIME;

EID: 45249091223     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.133249     Document Type: Editorial

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