Low dose irradiation for diffuse choroidal hemangioma

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 186-188

  Grant, Lorna W ^a,b   Anderson, Carryn ^a   Macklis, Roger M ^a   Singh, Arun D ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemangiomas; Irradiation; Retinal detachment; Sturge Weber

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSE CHOROIDAL HEMANGIOMA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRRADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; VISUAL ACUITY; CHOROID TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RETINA DETACHMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETINAL DETACHMENT; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56149124123     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: 17445094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13816810802385467     Document Type: Article

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