Comparative analysis of pterygium clinical characteristics

Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 77-83

  Dzunic, Boban ^a   Jovanovic, Predrag ^a   Petrovic, Aleksandar ^b  

^a Clinical Center   (Serbia)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Eye; Fuchs' patches; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 69949159371     PISSN: 03516083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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