Amniotic membrane grafting in the surgical management of primary pterygium

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 501-504

  Essex, Rohan W ^a,b   Snibson, Grant R ^a,b   Daniell, Mark ^b   Tole, Derek M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amnion; Amniotic membrane; Pterygium; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMNION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SCLERA; SEX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AMNION; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PTERYGIUM; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 8644280602     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2004.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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