Mitomycin C for pterygium: long term evaluation
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Mitomycin C for pterygium: long term evaluation.
AIM To evaluate long term complications after pterygium excision with mitomycin C (MMC) application. DESIGN Prospective non-comparative interventional case series. PARTICIPANTS Ninety nine patients who underwent pterygium surgery and participated in a controlled study for efficacy of MMC for pterygium surgery between 1989 and 1994. METHODS Patients who were located and agreed to come for ...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.039891