N Di Girolamo, J Chui, MT Coroneo, D … - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2004 - Elsevier Pterygium is a common ocular surface disease apparently only observed in humans.
Chronic UV exposure is a widely accepted aetiological factor in the pathogenesis
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- ►amjpathol.org N Di Girolamo, M Coroneo, D Wakefield - American Journal of Pathology, 2005 - ASIP Pterygia are inflammatory, invasive, and proliferative lesions of the human
ocular surface in which the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) collagenase-1 (MMP-1)
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- ►iovs.org E Peiretti, S Dessi, M Putzolu, M Fossarello - Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2004 - ARVO PURPOSE. There is now increasing evidence that pterygium and pinguecula are
tumorlike tissues and that cell growth and DNA replication are closely linked to
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- ►iovs.org E Peiretti, S Dessi, C Mulas, C Abete, C Norfo … - Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2007 - ARVO PURPOSE. The authors have previously shown that the growth of cultured
fibroblasts obtained from primary pterygia was associated with an increase in
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UKHKA Ozkagnicia, H Acarb - Ophthalmic Res, 2006 - content.karger.com Pterygium is a chronic condition characterized by an abnormal web-shaped growth
of fibrovascular tissue onto the cornea that is continuous with the bulbar
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JC Bradley, W Yang, RH Bradley, TW Reid, … - British Medical Journal, 2009 - bjo.bmj.com Online First articles must include the digital object identifier (DOIs) and date
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JC Ochoa-Tabares - Rev Mex Oftalmol, 2006 - medigraphic.com El pterigión es un proceso inflamatorio, degenerativo, cuya característica
distintiva es la alteración focal del limbo. Su aparición está relacionada
directamente con la exposición a la radiación ultravioleta, la ... Related articles - All 3 versions