Article
K-ras oncogene mutation in pterygium.
Eye (London, England) - 1 Mar 2017
Ozturk B T, Yıldırım M S, Zamani A, Bozkurt B
Abstract excerpt
PurposePterygium is claimed to be a benign proliferation triggered by prolonged exposure to ultraviolet radiation. The frequency of K-ras oncogene mutation, which is among the initial mutations in tumorigenesis, is evaluated in this study.Patients and methodsIn this prospective randomized clinical, trial pterygium tissues and normal conjunctiva tissue specimens are obtained from the superotemporal quadrant of...
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