IgG-κ immunoglobulin deposits involving the predescemetic region in a patient with multiple myeloma

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1237-1239

  Font, Ramon L ^a   Matoba, Alice Y ^a   Prabhakaran, Venkatesh C ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal crystals; Immunoglobulin deposits; Multiple myeloma

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; CORNEA DEPOSIT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATECTOMY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLIT LAMP; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISION;

CORNEAL DISEASES; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA;

EID: 33845793904     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000240094.78095.f5     Document Type: Review

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