Histologic evaluation of a cornea in a patient with apolipoprotein A-I deficiency

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 372-373

  Osakabe, Yasuhiro ^a   Amano, Shiro ^b,c   Fukuoka, Shima ^b   Yamagami, Satoru ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein A I deficiency; Corneal opacity; Histology

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET;

AGED; APOLIPOPROTEIN A 1 DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA; CORNEA STROMA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; CORNEA; CORNEAL OPACITY; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING;

EID: 41149116719     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31816060a1     Document Type: Article

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