Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the treatment of radiation-induced macular ischemia

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 433-436

  Haji, Shamim A ^a,b   Frenkel, Ronald E P ^a,b,c  

^a Eye Research Foundation   (United States)

^b East Florida Eye Institute   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Macular ischemia; Macular perfusion; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956108852     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/opth.s9803     Document Type: Article

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