Pterygium and its relationship to the dry eye in the Bantu.

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1 October 1976

journal article
research article
Published by BMJ in British Journal of Ophthalmology

Vol. 60 (10), 720-721
https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.60.10.720

Abstract

A comparative study was performed on two groups of Bantus in Johannesburg to see if there was any relationship between the "dry eye" and pterygia, but no correlation was found.

Keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY
DRY EYE
JOHANNESBURG
PTERYGIUM
SEE
PTERYGIA
TWO GROUPS
NO CORRELATION

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