"Pterygium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An abnormal triangular fold of membrane in the interpalpebral fissure, extending from the conjunctiva to the cornea, being immovably united to the cornea at its apex, firmly attached to the sclera throughout its middle portion, and merged with the conjunctiva at its base. (Dorland, 27th ed)
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D011625
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.187.781
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pterygium" by people in Profiles.
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Comparison of Pterygium Recurrence Rates Among Different Races and Ethnicities After Primary Pterygium Excision by Surgeons in Training. Cornea. 2018 Feb; 37(2):199-204.
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Activation of MAPK signaling pathway and NF-kappaB activation in pterygium and ipsilateral pterygium-free conjunctival specimens. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011 Jul 29; 52(8):5842-52.
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Popliteal pterygium: report of an anatomic variant. Ann Plast Surg. 2009 Jun; 62(6):676-8.
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Overexpression of Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-2 in pterygium body fibroblasts. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2003 Feb; 44(2):573-80.
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Overexpression of collagenase (MMP-1) and stromelysin (MMP-3) by pterygium head fibroblasts. Arch Ophthalmol. 2001 Jan; 119(1):71-80.
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[The abnormal expression of epidermal growth factor receptor family in pterygium]. Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi. 2000 Sep; 36(5):372-4, 25.
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Regulation of collagenase, stromelysin, and urokinase-type plasminogen activator in primary pterygium body fibroblasts by inflammatory cytokines. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2000 Jul; 41(8):2154-63.
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Suppression of TGF-beta signaling in both normal conjunctival fibroblasts and pterygial body fibroblasts by amniotic membrane. Curr Eye Res. 2000 Apr; 20(4):325-34.
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Corneal topographic changes induced by excision of perilimbal lesions. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers. 1999 Jun; 30(6):458-64.
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Pterygia as cause of post-cataract with-the-rule astigmatism. J Am Intraocul Implant Soc. 1985 Mar; 11(2):176-9.