Salzmann's nodular degeneration of the cornea: A review and case series

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 772-777

  Das, Sujata ^a,b   Link, Barbara ^a   Seitz, Berthold ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b ECOS Eye Hospital Berhampur   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Keratitis; Phototherapeutic keratectomy; Salzmann's nodular degeneration

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYALINE DEGENERATION; KERATECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PANNUS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SALZMANN NODULAR DEGENERATION; STROMA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VISUAL ACUITY;

CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 25844442289     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000153100.74033.ef     Document Type: Review

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