Pterygia with deep corneal changes

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 635-638

  Mootha, V Vinod ^a   Pingree, Michael ^b   Jaramillo, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Univ of New Mex Hlth Sci Center ^*

Author keywords

Descemet membrane; Endothelium; Pterygium; Specular microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SLIT LAMP; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL DISEASES; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PTERYGIUM;

EID: 3343010288     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000121701.74077.78     Document Type: Review

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