Keratoglobus in association with posterior polymorphous dystrophy

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1288-1291

  Harissi Dagher, Mona ^a   Dana, M Reza ^a   Jurkunas, Ula V ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Keratoconus; Keratoglobus; Posterior polymorphous dystrophy; Topography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOGLOBUS; KERATOMETRY; POSTERIOR POLYMORPHOUS CORNEAL DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 36549019141     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181557692     Document Type: Article

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