Keratoconus associated with corneal stromal amyloid deposition containing TGFBIp

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 589-593

  Tai, Tak Yee Tania ^a   Damani, Mausam R ^a   Vo, Rosalind ^a   Rayner, Sylvia A ^a   Glasgow, Ben J ^a,b   Hofbauer, John D ^a   Casey, Richard ^a   Aldave, Anthony J ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Keratoconus; Keratoepithelin; TGFBI

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; AMYLOID; ANTIBODY; CONGO RED; LYSOZYME; PREALBUMIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA INDUCED PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA STROMA; DNA DETERMINATION; EXON; EYE EXAMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOCONUS; LIGHT CHAIN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STAINING; TRICHROME STAIN; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AMYLOID; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STAINING AND LABELING; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 67650602950     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31818c9003     Document Type: Article

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