An unusual case of elastofibroma oculi

Cornea

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 112-119

  Hsu, Joseph K W ^a   Cavanagh, H Dwight ^a   Green, W Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Elastic fibers; Elastofibroma; Elastotic degeneration Electron microscopy; Pinguecula; Pseudopterygium; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; ELASTIC FIBER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FIBROELASTOMA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0031014342     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199701000-00019     Document Type: Article

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