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Pterygium in patients from Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 11 Jun 2015
Dos Reis G M, de P R Júnior A, 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 O
Abstract excerpt
Pterygium is an inflammatory and degenerative ocular surface disease in which the conjunctiva on the cornea grows to form a fibrous tissue in the shape of a triangle. The disorder may be characterized by cell proliferation, inflammatory processes, fibrosis, angiogenesis, and destruction of the extracellular matrix. The anomaly is considered a degenerative eye disease and is erroneously confused with cataract. It...
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