Granular corneal dystrophy: Treatment with soft contact lenses

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 236, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 291-294

  Severin, Maria ^a   Konen, Walter ^a   Kirchhof, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 0031921422     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050080     Document Type: Article

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