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Topographic Changes Before and After Pterygium Surgery [PDF]
International Journal of Medical Arts, 2022 Background: Pterygium characterized by a centripetal growth of fibrovascular tissue associated with inflammation and vascularization. Corneal astigmatism in an eye with pterygium may reflect the cumulative effect of a naturally occurring astigmatism and ...
Samiha M. Kamel Abo Al-Majd +3 more
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Profile of complications in pterygium surgery - A retrospective analysis
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 Purpose: Analysis of complication profile after pterygium excision, in primary and recurrent pterygia. Methods: Retrospective analysis of all the patients who had undergone pterygium excision in a tertiary center in South India from 2010 to 2018 was ...
S. Kodavoor, V. Preethi, R. Dandapani
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mTORC1 regulates apoptosis and cell proliferation in pterygium via targeting autophagy and FGFR3
Scientific Reports, 2017 Pterygium is one of the most common ocular surface diseases. During the initiation of pterygium, resting epithelial cells are activated and exhibit aberrant apoptosis and cell proliferation. Mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) is a central
Yanli Liu, Hanchun Xu, Meixia An
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Histopathological Variability and Concomitant Lesions in Pterygium in a Large Case Series
Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 Pterygium is a common lesion consisting of fleshy conjunctival growth extending towards the cornea. There is no documented risk of malignant transformation; however, concomitant disease is not rare, and its link to sunlight exposure indicates a risk of ...
Sabrina Bergeron +3 more
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Comprehensive Analysis of the Transcriptome-Wide m6A Methylome in Pterygium by MeRIP Sequencing
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 Aim Pterygium is a common ocular surface disease, which is affected by a variety of factors. Invasion of the cornea can cause severe vision loss. N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is a common post-transcriptional modification of eukaryotic mRNA, which can ...
Yaping Jiang +6 more
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The prevalence and determinants of pterygium in rural areas
Journal of Current Ophthalmology, 2017 Purpose: To evaluate the prevalence of pterygium and its determinants in the underserved, rural population of Iran. Methods: In this cross-sectional study of 3851 selected individuals, 86.5% participated in the study, and the prevalence of pterygium was ...
Hassan Hashemi +5 more
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Expression of p53 and Ki-67 proteins in patients with increasing severity and duration of pterygium
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 Purpose: Pterygium is a triangular fibrovascular subepithelial ingrowth of degenerative bulbar conjunctival tissue over the cornea. It is now considered to be a result of uncontrolled cellular proliferation as overexpression of p53 protein and Ki-67 ...
M. Mahesh +5 more
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Comparative evaluation of keratometric changes after pterygium excision surgery
Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research, 2019 Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare keratometric changes after pterygium excision surgery. Settings and Design: The study was carried out at a tertiary eye care center in central Rajasthan, India.
Deepti Shukla +3 more
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Averrous: Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Malikussaleh, 2018 Pterygium merupakan penyakit mata bagian eksternal yang umum terjadi secara global. Pterygium dapat menyebabkan terjadinya astigmatisme serta menimbulkan gangguan lain seperti menurunnya tajam penglihatan, iritasi kronik, inflamasi rekuren, penglihatan ...
Dara Phonna Ardianty
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