Deposits and proteoglycan changes in primary and recurrent granular dystrophy of the cornea

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 310-321

  Akhtar, Saeed ^a   Meek, Keith M ^a   Ridgway, Alan E A ^c   Bonshek, Richard E ^c,d   Bron, Anthony J ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0033003369     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.117.3.310     Document Type: Article

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