Vascularization Is More Delayed in Amniotic Membrane Graft Than Conjunctival Autograft After Pterygium Excision

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Küçükerdönmez, Cem ^a   Akova, Yonca A ^a   Altinörs, Dilek Dursun ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; INDOCYANINE GREEN; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMNION; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EXCISION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCLERA; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 33846462054     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.10.032     Document Type: Article

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