Narrow-Strip Conjunctival Autograft for Treatment of Pterygium

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-231

  Dupps Jr , William J ^a   Jeng, Bennie H ^a   Meisler, David M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA AUTOGRAFT; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846500102     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.08.040     Document Type: Article

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