Extrusion of abnormal endothelium into the posterior corneal stroma in a patient with posterior polymorphous dystrophy

Cornea

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 439-446

  Feil, Stan H ^a   Barraquer, Joaquin ^b   Howell, David N ^c   Green, W Richard ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI BARRAQUER   (Spain)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal dystrophy; Corneal endothelium; Descemet's membrane; Epithelium like endothelial cells; Histopathology; Imunohistology; Posterior polymorphous dystrophy; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030923747     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199707000-00011     Document Type: Article

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