A new corneal disease with recurrent erosive episodes and autosomal-dominant inheritance

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 758-763

  Hammar, Björn ^a,c   Björck, Erik ^b   Lagerstedt, Kristina ^b   Dellby, Anette ^a   Fagerholm, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cornea; Corneal dystrophies; Hereditary; Keloid; Recurrent erosion

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; B KOMBIN FORTE N; CYANOCOBALAMIN; EYE DROPS; FOLIC ACID; GENE PRODUCT; GENOMIC DNA; NICOTINAMIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PANTOTHENATE CALCIUM; PROTEIN COL8A2; PROTEIN GSN; PROTEIN KRT12; PROTEIN KRT3; PROTEIN TGFB1; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EROSION; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DNA DETERMINATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; KELOID; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RECURRENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55449085854     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.01123.x     Document Type: Article

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