Surgical treatment of chronically recurring pterygium

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-65

  Sangwan, Virender S ^a   Murthy, Somasheila I ^a   Bansal, Aashish K ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Conjunctival limbal autograft; Mitomycin C; Phototherapeutic keratectomy; Recurrent pterygium

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AMNION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORNEA LIMBUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMNION; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CONJUNCTIVA; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MITOMYCIN; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037226343     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200301000-00015     Document Type: Article

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