Keratopathy in congenital aniridia

Ocular Surface

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 74-79

  Mayer, Kristine L ^a   Nordlund, Michael L ^b   Schwartz, Gary S ^c   Holland, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aniridia; Aniridic keratopathy; Limbal stem cell transplantation; Pax 6 gene; Penerating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

AMBLYOPIA; ANIRIDIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IRIS; KERATOPATHY; KERATOPLASTY; NYSTAGMUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 24644460625     PISSN: 15420124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1542-0124(12)70130-1     Document Type: Article

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