Localized bullous keratopathy secondary to posterior polymorphous dystrophy

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 800-801

  Srinivasan, Sathish ^a,b   Skarmoutsos, Philip ^b   O'Donnell, Clare ^c   Kaye, Stephen B ^b  

^a AYR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ANAMNESIS; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE DISCOMFORT; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; LENS IMPLANTATION; LETTER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VESICULAR RASH; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 58149345819     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2008.01875.x     Document Type: Letter

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