Clinicohistopathological findings of gelatinous droplike corneal dystrophy among asians

Cornea

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 355-362

  Li, Suhui ^a   Edward, Deepak P ^a   Ratnakar, K S ^b   Reddy, Madhukar ^c   Tso, Mark O M ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Corneal amyloidosis; Gelatinous droplike corneal dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029952397     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199607000-00004     Document Type: Article

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