Spontaneous corneal perforation in pellucid marginal degeneration

CLAO Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 186-187

  Orlin, Stephen E ^a   Sulewski, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA PERFORATION; DEGENERATION; KERATOCONUS; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0031903878     PISSN: 07338902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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