Retinoblastoma: Still a challenge in developing countries

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Mehta, Mridula ^a   Sethi, Sumita ^a   Pushker, Neelam ^a   Chawla, Bhavna ^a   Ghose, Supriyo ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENUCLEATION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; LETTER; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EYE ENUCLEATION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDIA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; SCOTLAND;

EID: 79958107469     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.01937.x     Document Type: Letter

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