106Ruthenium brachytherapy for ciliary recurrence with supraciliary effusion in retinoblastoma

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 190-192

  Chhablani, Jay ^a,c   Romanzo, Antonio ^b   Balmer, Aubin ^c   Pica, Alessia ^c   Gaillard, Marie Claire ^c   Cozza, Raffaele ^b   Moeckli, Raphal ^c   Munier, Francis L ^c  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ciliary body recurrence; retinoblastoma; supraciliary effusion

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IODINE 125; RUTHENIUM 106;

ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CILIARY BODY; CRYOCOAGULATION; EFFUSION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; LASER THERMOTHERAPY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINOBLASTOMA; SUPRACILIARY EFFUSION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CILIARY BODY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RUTHENIUM RADIOISOTOPES; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

ORA;

EID: 78649304332     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: 17445094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13816810.2010.499888     Document Type: Article

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