Pterygium: Its treatment with beta therapy

Ocular Surface

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-10

  Murube, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON THERAPY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PTERYGIUM; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; BETA RADIATION; EYE SURGERY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BETA RAYS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PTERYGIUM; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64849117497     PISSN: 15420124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1542-0124(12)70287-2     Document Type: Article

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