Avellino dystrophy in a patient after laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis surgery manifesting as granular dystrophy

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 703-705

  Chiu, Eric K ^b   Lin, Amy Y ^b   Folberg, Robert ^b   Saidel, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVELLINO DYSTROPHY; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY;

CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL STROMA; EOSINOPHILS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 34248556335     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.125.5.703     Document Type: Article

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