Pterygia Pathogenesis
Open Access
- 1 May 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in American Journal of Ophthalmology
- Vol. 119 (5), 695-706
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.119.5.695
Abstract
IN OUR SEARCH for the pathogenesis of pterygia, several important clinical and pathologic characteristics of primary and recurrent pterygia have emerged:Keywords
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