Impression cytology following mitomycin C therapy for ocular surface squamous neoplasia
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Impression cytology following mitomycin C therapy for ocular surface squamous neoplasia.
BACKGROUND/AIMS Topical mitomycin C (MMC) therapy has been used for treatment of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) since 1994. Relatively few studies have reported the cellular changes in ocular surface following MMC. METHODS Impression cytology was studied in four patients with ocular surface squamous neoplasia, either primary or recurrence after previous excisional biopsy. The author...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.85.9.1115