High-dose iodine-125 episcleral brachytherapy for circumscribed choroidal haemangioma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 470-473

  Lopez Caballero C ^a   Saornil, Maria Antonia ^b   De Frutos, J ^b   Bianciotto, C ^c   Muinos Y ^b   Almaraz, A ^d   Lopez Lara F ^b   Contreras, I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c Fundacion Carolina   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ADULT; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID DISEASE; CIRCUMSCRIBED CHOROIDAL HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EPISCLERAL BRACHYTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; OCULAR FIBROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBRETINAL FIBROSIS; TUMOR REGRESSION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77950805617     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.160184     Document Type: Article

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