Treatment of large conjunctival nevus by resection and reconstruction using amniotic membrane

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 761-764

  Tomita, Machiko ^a   Goto, Hiroshi ^a   Muramatsu, Ryuji ^a   Usui, Masahiko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Conjunctiva; Nevus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; EPITHELIZATION; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLIT LAMP; SYMBLEPHARON; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

AMNION; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33745270533     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-0160-y     Document Type: Article

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