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Analysis of the GSTM1-null polymorphism in patients with pterygium from Goiânia, Goiás Brazil.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 11 Jun 2015
de P R Júnior A, Dos Reis G M, E Silva K S F, Rodrigues D A, Gomes M C S, Martins J V M, da Costa I R, Freitas G A, Moura K K V O
Abstract excerpt
The first reports about pterygium date back to Hippocrates, and this disease still threatens vision health around the world. Pterygium is a formation of fibrous tissue consisting of highly vascularized epithelial and subepithelial tissue that grows excessively and with an abnormal shape on the cornea. Many physical and biological factors are associated with the pathogenesis of pterygium, including heat, dust, and...
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