Confocal microscopy in lattice corneal dystrophy

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 237, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 697-701

  Chiou, Auguste G Y ^a,b   Beuerma, Roger W ^b   Kaufman, Stephen C ^b   Kaufman, Herbert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Louisiana Stt University Eye Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA;

AGED; CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032766468     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050299     Document Type: Article

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