title: Heredity in one hundred patients admitted for excision of pterygia.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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