Evaluation of loss of heterozygosity and microsatellite instability in human pterygium: Clinical correlations

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1324-1328

  Detorakis, E T ^a   Sourvinos, G ^a   Tsamparlakis, J ^a   Spandidos, D A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALTITUDE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 9P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0031758046     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.11.1324     Document Type: Article

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