Peters' anomaly associated with protruding corneal pseudo staphyloma

Cornea

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-168

  Zaidman, Gerald W ^a   Juechter, Kenneth ^a  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital anterior staphyloma; Congenital corneal opacities; Mesenchymal dysgenesis; Pediatric keratoplasty; Peters' anomaly

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; BETAXOLOL; CORTICOSTEROID;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PETERS ANOMALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031906447     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199803000-00008     Document Type: Article

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