In vivo confocal microscopy and genotyping of a family with Thiel-Behnke (honeycomb) corneal dystrophy

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1498-1499

  Kobayashi, Akira ^a   Sakurai, Mayumi ^b   Shirao, Yutaka ^b   Sugiyama, Kazuhisa ^b   Ohta, Taeko ^b   Amaya Ohkura, Yohko ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIEL BEHNKE CORNEAL DYSTROPHY;

ADULT; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0141954103     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.121.10.1498     Document Type: Article

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