Diagnosis of multiple myeloma in a patient with atypical corneal findings

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-251

  Nakatsukasa, Mina ^a   Sotozono, Chie ^a   Tanioka, Hidetoshi ^a   Shimazaki, Chihiro ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corneal opacity; Epikeratome; Monoclonal IgG; Multiple myeloma

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MELPHALAN; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA STROMA; EPIKERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CORNEAL OPACITY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 38549101963     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31815b82cd     Document Type: Article

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