Pterygium treatment using 5-FU as adjuvant treatment compared to conjunctiva autograft

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-34

  Bekibele, C O ^a   Baiyeroju, A M ^a   Olusanya, B A ^a   Ashaye, A O ^a   Oluleye, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTERYGIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349127396     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702480     Document Type: Article

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