Heredity in one hundred patients admitted for excision of pterygia.
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.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011625:Pterygium / Q000235:genetics*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects