Inferior limbal-conjunctival autograft transplantation for recurrent pterygium

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-24

  Wong, Angus KK ^a   Rao, Srinivas K ^b   Leung, Alfred TS ^a   Poon, Agnes SP ^a   Lam, Dennis SC ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Limbal conjunctival autograft; Pseudopterygium; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0034157255     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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