Open AccessHEREDITY IN ONE HUNDRED PATIENTS ADMITTED FOR EXCISION OF PTERYGIA
Author(s) -
BOOTH FRANCES
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-1606
pISSN - 0814-9763
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1985.tb00400.x
Subject(s) - heredity , medicine , pterygium , surgery , genetics , biology
One hundred consecutive patients admitted to hospital for excision of pterygia were compared with 100 control patients without pterygia. Of the pterygia group 38% had one or more relatives with pterygia, compared with 8% (? 12%) of the control group. Exposure to solar radiation was considered to be similar in both groups.