Ultraviolet Fluorescence Photography: Patterns in Established Pterygia

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Ooi, Ju Lee ^a,b   Sharma, Neil S ^a,b   Sharma, Shanel ^a,b   Papalkar, Daya ^a,b   Oakey, Mike ^b   Dawes, Pamela ^b   Coroneo, Minas T ^a,b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTERYGIUM; ULTRAVIOLET FLUORESCENCE PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845494730     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.08.028     Document Type: Article

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