Radial Descemet's membrane folds as a sign of pterygium fraction [1]

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 800-801

  Denion, Eric ^a   Dalens, P H ^a   Huguet, P ^a   Petibon, J ^a   Gerard M ^a  

^a Cayenne Regional Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CORNEA CURVATURE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DESCEMET MEMBRANE FOLD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; LETTER; MECHANICAL STRESS; PSEUDOPHAKIA; PTERYGIUM; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 22744446095     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701628     Document Type: Letter

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