Intraoperative echographic localization of iodine 125 episcleral radioactive plaques for posterior uveal melanoma

Retina

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-134

  William Harbour, J ^a   Murray, Timothy G ^a,b   Byrne, Sandra Frazier ^a   Randall Hughes, J ^a   Kym Gendron, E ^a   Ehlies, Fiona J ^a   Markoe, Arnold M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

echography; plaque radiotherapy; posterior uveal melanoma; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UVEA TUMOR;

EID: 9244233310     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-199616020-00008     Document Type: Article

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