Coexistence of macular corneal dystrophy types I and II in a single sibship

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-244

  Liu, Ning Pu ^a   Baldwin, Jennifer ^a   Lennon, Felicia ^a   Stajich, Jeffrey M ^a   Thonar, Eugene J M A ^b   Pericak Vance, Margaret A ^a   Klintworth, Gordon K ^a   Vance, Jeffery M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATAN SULFATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 16Q; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

EID: 0031967271     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.3.241     Document Type: Article

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