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. 1976 Oct;60(10):720–721. doi: 10.1136/bjo.60.10.720

Pterygium and its relationship to the dry eye in the Bantu.

L Goldberg, R David
PMCID: PMC1042814  PMID: 1009043

Abstract

A comparative study was performed on two groups of Bantus in Johannesburg to see if there was any relationship between the "dry eye" and pterygia, but no correlation was found.

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