Epiphora as a side effect of topical mitomycin C

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1422-1424

  Kopp, Eva Dafgård ^a   Seregard, S ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; EPIPHORA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL DUCT; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; LACRIMAL IRRIGATION; LAVAGE; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEARS;

EID: 7044225901     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.048033     Document Type: Article

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