Corneal myxoma associated with keratoconus and Down's syndrome

Cornea

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 561-563

  Léger, François ^a   Sawan, Bassem ^a   Mortemousque, Bruno ^b   Williamson, Wilfried ^c   Vital, Claude ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^b Centre Jean Abadie CHU de Bordeaux   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE PAU   (France)

Author keywords

Cornea; Down's syndrome; Keratoconus; Myxoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TUMOR; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MYXOMA; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CORNEAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOWN SYNDROME; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MYXOMA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0342323647     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200007000-00032     Document Type: Article

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