- ►nih.gov [PDF] DA Spandidos, G Sourvinos, H Kiaris, J … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1997 - bjo.bmj.com AIMS/BACKGROUND Pterygium is a common benign lesion of the corneo-conjunctival
limbus. Although environmental factors, such as ultraviolet irradiation, have
been suggested as the main causative factor in the development of the ... Cited by 56 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
N Dushku, TW Reid - Current eye research, 1997 - informahealthcare.com Purpose. We previously discovered that the pathogenesis of pterygia was due to a
vimentin-expressing, altered limbal epi- thelial basal cell, the pterygium cell.
Since UV radiation epide- miologically correlates as the etiologic agent ... Cited by 119 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
C Onur, D Orhan, M Orhan, SS Dizbay, O … - European journal of ophthalmology - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov PURPOSE: The pathogenesis of pterygium is still not completely understood and
many environmental factors, including ultraviolet (UV) radiation, play an
important role in its etiology. Chronic exposure to UV radiation causes ... Cited by 33 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] - Free from Publisher ET Detorakis, G Sourvinos, J Tsamparlakis, … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1998 - bjo.bmj.com RESULTS LOH incidence was the highest at 9p (48%), followed by 17q (42%). Only
three cases displayed MI. LOH incidence at individual markers was positively
correlated with recurrence (D9S59, p=0.11 and D9S270, p=0.16), family ... Cited by 34 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
DTH Tan, ASM Lim, HS Goh, DR Smith - American journal of ophthalmology, 1997 - cat.inist.fr PURPOSE: To determine whether pterygium is a disorder of abnormal growth by
examining the expression of the p 53 gene in the conjunctiva of patients with
pterygium. METHODS: Immunostaining for abnormal expression of p 53 was ... Cited by 110 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
[CITATION] El pterigion en el Hospital Cayetano Heredia y su prevalencia
N Dushku, SLS Hatcher, DM Albert, TW Reid - Archives of ophthalmology, 1999 - Am Med Assoc Methods We examined specimens—1 of pinguecula, 13 of pterygia (7 primary, 1
recurrent, 1 with dysplasia, and 4 primary not tested for p53), and 10 of limbal
tumors (2 with actinic keratosis dysplasia, 1 with conjunctival ... Cited by 85 - Related articles - All 4 versions
