Morphological and histopathological changes in gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy during a 15-year follow-up

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Uhlig, Constantin E ^a   Groppe, Markus ^a,b   Busse, Holger ^a   Saeger, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Victoria Eye Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c Marienkrankenhaus Hamburg ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA LESION; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYE BIOPSY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOPATHY; LETTER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MUTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78349247900     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01708.x     Document Type: Letter

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