Branch retinal artery occlusion following radiation therapy to the head and neck: a case report

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have established that radiation to the head and neck leads to atherosclerosis and stenosis of the carotid artery and subsequent increased stroke risk, but the ophthalmic sequella following cervical irradiation is less well-defined. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a single...

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Autores principales: Jiang, Helen, Stem, Maxwell S, Finkelstein, Jerome I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4228417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24180233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2415-13-66

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4228417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24180233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2415-13-66

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