Topical mitomycin treatment for primary acquired melanosis of the conjunctiva

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-151

  Yuen, Vernon Ho ^a   Jordan, David R ^a,c   Brownstein, Seymour ^a,b   Dorey, Michael W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MELANOSIS; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037347579     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.IOP.0000055826.30486.CC     Document Type: Article

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