Conjunctival autografting in the surgical management of pterygium

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 634-638

  Riordan Eva, P ^a   Kielhorn, I ^a   Ficker, L A ^a   Steele, A D McG ^a   Kirkness, C M ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBABILITY; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERA; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0027425613     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1993.146     Document Type: Article

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