Secondary keratoconus with corneal epithelial iron ring similar to Fleischer's ring

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 381-386

  Hiratsuka, Yoshimune ^a   Nakayasu, Kiyoo ^a   Kanai, Atsushi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fleischer's ring; Iron metabolism; Keratoconus

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN; IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM RING; CORNEA INJURY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; KAYSER FLEISCHER RING; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TRACHOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HEMOSIDERIN; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMANS; IRON; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRACHOMA;

EID: 0342954994     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(00)00179-9     Document Type: Article

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