Comparative study of intraoperative mitomycin C and β irradiation in pterygium surgery

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 618-621

  Amano, Shiro ^a   Motoyama, Yuta ^b   Oshika, Tetsuro ^a   Eguchi, Shuichiro ^b   Eguchi, Koichiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Eguchi Eye Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA LIMBUS; ELECTRON THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERA; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TISSUE GROWTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BETA RAYS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PTERYGIUM; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034119358     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.6.618     Document Type: Article

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