Environmental risk factors that have an impact on the ocular surface were reviewed and
associations with age and sex, race/ethnicity, geographical area, seasonality, prevalence …

Corneal wound healing is a complex process involving cell death, migration, proliferation,
differentiation, and extracellular matrix remodeling. Many similarities are observed in the …

The Montreal Protocol has limited increases in the UV-B (280–315 nm) radiation reaching
the Earth's surface as a result of depletion of stratospheric ozone. Nevertheless, the …

The objective of this study is to review the association between ultraviolet (UV) light and
ocular diseases. The data are sourced from the literature search of Medline up to Nov 2012 …

Conjunctival tumors encompass a broad range of diagnoses. The 3 most important
malignant tumors include ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN)(14%), melanoma …

Pterygia are common ocular surface lesions thought to originate from limbal stem cells
altered by chronic UV exposure. Traditionally regarded as a degenerative condition …

Solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) has always been part of the environment of man. UVB is
required for the conversion of 7-deoxycholesterol to vitamin D, which is critically important in …

Now thoroughly revised, this Second Edition text focuses on a case-based learning
approach that features decision-making information presented in algorithmic format …

To our knowledge, there are no articles that describe the specific step-by-step details of the
surgical removal of premalignant and malignant conjunctival tumors. We describe our …

Objectives To describe the epidemiology and an aetiological model of ocular surface
squamous neoplasia (OSSN) in Africa. Methods Systematic and non‐systematic review …