Impression cytology study of conjunctival epithelial phenotypes on the healing ocular surface after pterygium excision

Cornea

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 244-250

  Tseng, Sung Huei ^a,c   Chen, Ying Ting ^a   Cheng, Hon Chun ^a   Huang, Fu Chin ^a   Lee, Shih Chung ^a   Chen, Fred Kuanfu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bare sclera; Conjunctival autograft; Conjunctival epithelial phenotype; Impression cytology; Intraoperative mitomycin C

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE REGENERATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CONJUNCTIVA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PTERYGIUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035085793     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200104000-00002     Document Type: Article

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