Recurrent granular dystrophy of the cornea: An unusual case

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 614-617

  Frising, Martine ^a,b   Wildhardt, Gabriele ^a   Frisch, Lars ^a   Pitz, Susanne ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Corneal granular dystrophy; Mutation of gene BIGH 3; Recurrence after corneal transplantation and phototherapeutic keratectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; EXON; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BETAIG H3 PROTEIN; BETAIG-H3 PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECURRENCE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 33746693856     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000214202.84081.a5     Document Type: Article

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