Unilateral keratoconus and mirror image in a pair of monozygotic twins;Kératocône unilatéral en miroir chez des jumeaux monozygotes

Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 899-902

  Aknin, C ^a   Allart, J F ^a   Rouland, J F ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Keratoconus; Monozygous twins; Orbscan; Videotopography

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149000881     PISSN: 01815512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0181-5512(07)74025-1     Document Type: Article

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