Cutaneous halo nevi following plaque radiotherapy for uveal melanoma

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1499-1501

  Sarici, Ahmet M ^a   Shah, Sanket U ^a   Shields, Carol L ^a   Birdsong, Richard H ^b   Shields, Jerry A ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; HALO NEVUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; THICKNESS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME; UVEA MELANOMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEVUS, HALO; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 81355164183     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.313     Document Type: Article

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