A spectrum of clinical manifestations of gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy in Japan

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1081-1084

  Ide, Takeshi ^a   Nishida, Kohji ^a   Maeda, Naoyuki ^a   Tsujikawa, Motokazu ^a   Yamamoto, Shuji ^a   Watanabe, Hitoshi ^a   Tano, Yasuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL STROMA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 2942532404     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.01.048     Document Type: Article

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