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SUBMITTER: Nava-Castaneda A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4346374 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nava-Castañeda Angel A Ulloa-Orozco Isabel I Garnica-Hayashi Lilia L Hernandez-Orgaz Joaquín J Jimenez-Martinez Maria Carmen MC Garfias Yonathan Y
Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics 20141104 2
<h4>Purpose</h4>The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of 3 subconjunctival bevacizumab injections in patients with an early corneal pterygium recurrence.<h4>Methods</h4>This study was a nonrandomized single center trial. Patients with an early corneal pterygium recurrence were selected. All patients received 3 subconjunctival bevacizumab (2.5 mg/0.1 mL) injections (basal, 2 and 4 weeks) in the recurrence area of the pterygium. The corneal and corneal-conjunctival neovascularization are ...[more]