Histopathologic study of corneal stromal dystrophies: A 10-year experience

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1027-1031

  Santos, Leonardo N ^a,c   Fernandes, Bruno F ^a,b   De Moura, Leticia Rielo ^a,b   Cheema, Devinder P ^a   Maloney, Shawn ^a   Logan, Patrick ^a   Burnier Jr , Miguel N ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avellino; Corneal stromal dystrophies; Granular; Lattice; Macular

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA STROMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34748891722     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318123f298     Document Type: Article

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