Pellucid corneal marginal degeneration: A review

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 56-63

  Jinabhai, Amit ^a   Radhakrishnan, Hema ^a   O'Donnell, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Differential diagnosis; Histopathology; Management; PMD

Indexed keywords

ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EDEMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; PELLUCID MARGINAL CORNEAL DEGENERATION; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLIT LAMP; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CORNEAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 79952362775     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2010.11.007     Document Type: Review

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