Corneal and conjunctival findings after mitomycin C application in pterygium surgery: An in-vivo confocal microscopy study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-172

  Zhivov, Andrey ^a   Beck, Ria ^a   Guthoff, Rudolf F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Cornea; In vivo confocal microscopy; Mitomycin C; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIZATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTATE KERATITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; CORNEAL EDEMA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; KERATITIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PTERYGIUM; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 61449191662     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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