Tophus-like, conglomerated, crystalline calcification of the sclera

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 223-228

  Daicker, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alport s syndrome; Calcium pyrophosphate; Crystals; Pseudogout; Sclera

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPORT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; ENUCLEATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PSEUDOGOUT; SCLERA CALCIFICATION;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY; SCLERA; SCLERAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029932887     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000310713     Document Type: Article

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