Radiation-Induced Cataractogenesis: A Critical Literature Review for the Interventional Radiologist

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 151-160

  Seals, Kevin F ^a   Lee, Edward W ^a   Cagnon, Christopher H ^b   Al Hakim, Ramsey A ^a   Kee, Stephen T ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Lead glasses; Radiation; Radiation protection; Radiation induced cataracts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGIST; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INDUCED CATARACTOGENESIS; RADIATION INJURY; SPECTACLES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; LENS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE;

CATARACT; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84957843722     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-015-1207-z     Document Type: Article

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