Finding of conjunctival melanocytic pigmented lesions within pterygium

Histopathology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 387-393

  Perra, M T ^a   Colombari, R ^b   Maxia, C ^a   Zucca, I ^a   Piras, F ^a   Corbu, A ^a   Bravo, S ^c   Scarpa, A ^c,d   Sirigu, P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b City Hospital   (Italy)

^c Instituto del Cancer 'Solca'   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conjunctival melanocytic pigmented lesions; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSIS; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PTERYGIUM;

EID: 33645097993     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2006.02346.x     Document Type: Article

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