Corneal and Macular Manifestations in a Case of Deficient Lecithin: Cholesterol Acyltransferase

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-84

  Hirano, Koji ^a,b   Kachi, Shu ^a   Ushida, Chika ^a   Naito, Michitaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep lamellar keratoplasty; Familial lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency; Histopathology

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA OPACITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPOLIPOPROTEINEMIA; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LECITHIN ACYLTRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY; MALE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE-STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; POINT MUTATION; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0842300467     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-003-0007-1     Document Type: Article

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