In vivo imaging of the cornea in a patient with lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1061-1064

  Palmiero, Pat Michael ^a,b   Sbeity, Zaher ^a,b   Liebmann, Jeffrey ^a,c,d   Ritch, Robert ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal opacification; Fourier domain OCT; LCAT deficiency; Noncontact confocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORNEA OPACITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LECITHIN CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP;

CORNEA; CORNEAL OPACITY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LECITHIN ACYLTRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 70349738105     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31819839ae     Document Type: Article

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