Bilateral anterior lenticonus: Scheimpflug imaging system documentation and ultrastructural confirmation of Alport syndrome in the lens capsule

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 895-897

  Junk, Anna K ^a,b   Stefani, Fritz H ^b   Ludwig, Klaus ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPORT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; LENS CAPSULE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS DISEASES; MALE; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033910436     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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