Serious complications of topical mitomycin-C after pterygium surgery.

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Published in Ophthalmology on November 01, 1992

Authors

R S Rubinfeld1, R R Pfister, R M Stein, C S Foster, N F Martin, S Stoleru, A R Talley, M G Speaker

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Sight/Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington.

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