Analysis of pathohistological characteristics of pterygium

Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 307-313

  Džunić, Boban ^a   Jovanović, Predrag ^a   Veselinović, Dragan ^a   Petrović, Aleksandar ^b   Stefanović, Ivan ^a   Kovačević, Igor ^a  

^a University Clinical Center   (Serbia)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Pathohistological characteristics; Pterygium; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649787067     PISSN: 15128601     EISSN: 18404812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17305/bjbms.2010.2677     Document Type: Article

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