Bilateral simultaneous anterior and posterior lenticonus in Alport's syndrome [4]

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 212-213

  Vedantham, Vasumathy ^a   Rajagopal, Jyothsna ^a   Ratnagiri, Praveen Krishna ^a  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPORT SYNDROME; ANTERIOR LENTICONUS; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LENS CAPSULE; LENS DISEASE; LENS IMPLANT; LETTER; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTERIOR LENTICONUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL AID; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 24644456844     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 03014738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.16691     Document Type: Letter

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