Supraselective injection of intraarterial melphalan as the primary treatment for late presentation unilateral multifocal stage VB retinoblastoma

Retina

Volumn 30, Issue 4 SUPPL. 4, 2010, Pages

  Aziz, Hassan A ^a   Boutrid, Hinda ^a   Murray, Timothy G ^a   Berrocal, Audina ^a   Wolfe, Stacey Quintero ^b   Pina, Yolanda ^a   Dorfman, Mark ^a   Moftakhar, Roham ^b   Fernandes, Cristina E ^b   Reichbach, Jennifer ^b   Aziz Sultan, Mohammad Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraarterial chemotherapy; Melphalan; Retinoblastoma

Indexed keywords

MELPHALAN;

CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINOBLASTOMA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MELPHALAN; NEOPLASM STAGING; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77951093225     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3181cbda0f     Document Type: Conference Paper

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