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Prevalence of pterygium and its associated factors among adults aged 18 years and above in Gambella town, Southwest Ethiopia, May 2019

INTRODUCTION: A pterygium is a wing-shaped fibro-vascular growth of conjunctiva on the superficial cornea/conjunctiva. It is an elastotic degeneration of conjunctival stroma mainly due to Ultraviolet light exposure. The prevalence of pterygium varies in different environmental conditions. Its magnit...

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Autores principales:	Fekadu, Sofonias Addis, Assem, Abel Sinshaw, Adimassu, Nebiyat Feleke
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2020
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7470263/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32881888 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237891

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