Novel clinical application of sterilized, freeze-dried amniotic membrane to treat patients with pterygium

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 401-405

  Nakamura, Takahiro ^a,b   Inatomi, Tsutomu ^a   Sekiyama, Eiichi ^a   Ang, Leonard P K ^a   Yokoi, Norihiko ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Biomaterial; Freeze dry; Ocular surface; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; AMNION; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCLERA DISEASE; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; AMNION; CONJUNCTIVA; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FREEZE DRYING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; STERILIZATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 33646809330     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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