Tethered vitreous seeds following intravitreal melphalan for retinoblastoma

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1024-1025

  Francis, Jasmine H ^a   Marr, Brian P ^a,b   Brodie, Scott E ^a,c   Gobin, Yves Pierre ^d   Abramson, David H ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELPHALAN;

CASE REPORT; CHEMOSURGERY; CILIARY DISK; CRYOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LETTER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METASTASIS; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; TETHERED VITREOUS SEED; TRANSPUPILLARY THERMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MALE; MELPHALAN; NEOPLASM SEEDING; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84907306065     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.436     Document Type: Letter

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