Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin to induce regression of aggressive retinal astrocytomas

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 794-799

  Eskelin, Sebastian ^a   Tommila, Petri ^a   Palosaari, Tapani ^b   Kivelä, Tero ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Hamartoma; Photodynamic therapy; Retinal tumours; Tuberous sclerosis; Verteporin

Indexed keywords

VERTEPORFIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSIVE RETINAL ASTROCYTOMA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LIGHT COAGULATION; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PORPHYRINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 55449095666     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2007.01151.x     Document Type: Article

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