Radiation exposure during intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 403-404

  Gobin, Y Pierre ^a,b   Rosenstein, Leonard M ^a   Marr, Brian P ^b   Brodie, Scott E ^c   Abramson, David H ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MENINGEAL ARTERY; NOTE; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SAFETY; RETINOBLASTOMA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CATARACT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; RADIATION INJURIES; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA;

EID: 84858592288     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopthalmol.2011.2717     Document Type: Note

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