EC Figueira, MT Coroneo, IC Francis - British Medical Journal, 2007 - bjo.bmj.com Background: Surgeon-dependent variables influencing pterygium surgical outcome
using the conjunctival autograft technique include conjunctival retraction as a
consequence of subepithelial contracting fibrous tissue, and autograft ... Cited by 2 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
A Özer, N Yildirim, N Erol, S Yurdakul - Ophthalmologica, 2000 - content.karger.com Purpose: To investigate and compare the efficiency of autografting of marginal
conjunctiva (autograft of marginal conjunctiva technique, AMCT) and the bare
sclera technique (BST) in pterygium excision. Materials and Methods: In ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
[CITATION] Etiology and treatment of pterygium
JI Barraquer, PS Binder, JN Buxton… - Symposium on Medical and Surgical Diseases of the …, 1980 Cited by 3 - Related articles
H Baharvand, M Ebrahimi, MA Javadi - Development Growth and Differentiation, 2007 - interscience.wiley.com This study aimed to evaluate proposed molecular markers related to eye limbal
stem cells (SC) and to identify novel associated genes. The expression of a set
of genes potentially involved in stemness was assessed in freshly prepared ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
T Okumura, S Tsunoda, Y Mori, T Ito, K … - Clinical Cancer Research, 2006 - AACR In this study, we investigated the clinicopathologic significance of the
low-affinity p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR; which is expressed in the
stem/progenitor cell fraction of normal esophageal epithelial cells) in 187 ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
J Chui, N Di Girolamo, D Wakefield, MT … - The Ocular Surface, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com Pterygium is a disease of the ocular surface that is associated with chronic UV
exposure and is characterized by proliferation, inflammatory infiltrates,
fibrosis, angiogenesis and extracellular matrix breakdown. Although ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
N Di Girolamo, M Sarris, J Chui, H Cheema, … - J Cell Mol Med, 2008 - interscience.wiley.com Biological effects of nerve growth factor (NGF) are mediated through receptors
known as nerve growth factor receptors (NGFR), which include p75 and TrkA. This
study was initiated after identifying NGFR as an up-regulated gene in the ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - All 3 versions
MT Coroneo - Ophthalmic surgery, 1992 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov I describe a safe, easily learned, accessible, and inexpensive method for
excision of the pterygium head using the tip of a 23-gauge needle as a cutting
tool. The incision is controlled precisely, and excision of unaffected ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
K Hayashi, T Storesund, O Schreurs, C Khuu, … - Eur J Oral Sci, 2007 - interscience.wiley.com Nerve growth factor β (NGF-β) and its precursor proNGF are important for the
differentiation and survival of neurons and dermal keratinocytes. The aim of
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H Oguz, A Kilitcioglu, M Yasar - European journal of ophtalmology, 2006 - cat.inist.fr PURPOSE. The aim of the present study was to evaluate limbal conjunctival
mini-autografting procedure based on recurrence rates following pterygium
surgery. METHODS. A total of 63 eyes(53 patients) with pterygium, of which ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
