Plica semilunaris temporal ectopia: Evidence of primary nasal pterygia traction

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 769-777

  Denion, Eric ^a,b,d   Chambaz, Antoine ^c   Dalens, Pierre Henri ^a   Petitbon, Jean ^a   Gérard, Max ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

^b FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d Service d'Ophtalmo pediatrie   (France)

Author keywords

Ectopia; Plica semilunaris; Pterygium; Traction; Withthe rule astigmatism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECTOPIC TISSUE; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLICA SEMILUNARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; REFRACTION ERROR; TRACTION THERAPY;

AGED; ASTIGMATISM; CONTRACTURE; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PTERYGIUM;

EID: 34547689192     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31806457b8     Document Type: Article

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