Endothelial cell loss during pterygium surgery: Importance of timing of mitomycin C application

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 879-881

  Avisar, Rahamim ^a,b   Apel, Itiel ^a   Avisar, Inbal ^a   Weinberger, Dov ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Golda Campus ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Corneal endothelium; Mitomycin C; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERA; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; ANTIMITOTIC AGENTS; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; MITOSIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PTERYGIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 69749090042     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181a3900c     Document Type: Article

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