Conjunctival autograft transplantation for primary pterygium

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-115

  Chaidaroon, Winai ^a   Wattananikorn, Sopa ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Conjunctival Autograft Transplantation; Primary Pterygium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVAL AUTOGRAFT TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THAILAND; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PTERYGIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; THAILAND; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037317949     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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