Overexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 in pterygia may have a predictive value for a higher postoperative recurrence rate


Gumus K., KARAKUCUK S., MİRZA G. E., AKGÜN H., ARDA H., ÖNER A.

BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, vol.98, no.6, pp.796-800, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Background To investigate the expression levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1 (VEGFR-1) and VEGFR-2 in pterygium and to clarify the prognostic significance of these expressions in pterygia.