Scleral melting 16 years after pterygium excision with topical Mitomycin C adjuvant therapy

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 165-167

  Wan Norliza, W M ^a   Raihan, I Siti ^a   Azwa, J Azlyn ^a   Ibrahim, M ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bare sclera technique; Mitomycin C; Pterygium; Scleral melting

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE PLUS GENTAMICIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; GENTAMICIN; LUBRICATING AGENT; MITOMYCIN C; NEOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE IRRITATION; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; SCLERA DISEASE; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PTERYGIUM; SCLERAL DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748130758     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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