Low-dose intraoperative mitomycin-C versus conjunctival autograft in primary pterygium surgery: Long term follow-up

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 301-307

  Sharma, Ashok ^a   Gupta, Amit ^a   Ram, Jagat ^a   Gupta, Amod ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLIT LAMP;

ADULT; ALKYLATING AGENTS; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; SAFETY; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0033860502     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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