Long-term effects of mitomycin C in pterygium surgery on scleral thickness and the conjunctival epithelium

Ophthalmology

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1522-1527

  Solomon, Abraham ^a   Kaiserman, Igor ^a   Raiskup, Frederick D ^a   Landau, David ^a   Frucht Pery, Joseph ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; MITOMYCIN C; ALKYLATING AGENT; MITOMYCIN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; ECHOGRAPHY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FOLLOW UP; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; SCLERECTOMY; SLIT LAMP; ADULT; CELL COUNT; CONJUNCTIVA; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCLERA;

ADULT; ALKYLATING AGENTS; CELL COUNT; CONJUNCTIVA; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; SCLERA;

EID: 3442897642     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.02.007     Document Type: Article

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