In vivo confocal microscopy of a family with Schnyder crystalline corneal dystrophy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 944-951

  Vesaluoma, Minna H ^a,c   Linna, Tuuli U ^a   Sankila, Eeva Marja ^a   Weiss, Jayne S ^b   Tervo, Timo M T ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Eye Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA STROMA; CRYSTAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; NERVE PLEXUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0033510541     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)00514-X     Document Type: Article

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