In vivo confocal microscopy findings in a patient with posterior amorphous corneal dystrophy

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-102

  Erdem, Uzeyir ^a   Muftuoglu, Orkun ^a   Hurmeric, Volkan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corneal topography; In vivo confocal microscopy; Posterior amorphous corneal dystrophy; Stromal corneal dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BIOMICROSCOPY; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; DEVICE; HUMAN; IN VIVO CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; KERATOMETRY; MALE;

ADULT; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 33846662723     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01426.x     Document Type: Article

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