Comparison of mitomycin C and limbal-conjunctival autograft in the prevention of pterygial recurrence in Turkish patients: A one-year, randomized, assessor-masked, controlled trial

Current Therapeutic Research - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 274-281

  Ari, Şeyhmus ^a   Çaca, Îhsan ^b   Yildiz, Zennure Özdemir ^a   Şakalar, Yildirim Bayezit ^b   Dogan, Eyüp ^b  

^a Diyarbakir Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^b DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

limbal conjunctival autograft; mitomycin C; pterygium

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA CYST; CONJUNCTIVA GRANULOMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; CYST; EDEMA; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT EDEMA; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SYMBLEPHARON; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 70249128641     PISSN: 0011393X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.curtheres.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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