Ocular manifestations of Alport syndrome

International Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-151

  Xu, Jian Min ^a   Zhang, Shi Sheng ^a   Zhang, Qiong ^a   Zhou, Ying Ming ^a   Zhu, Cai Hong ^a   Ge, Jian ^a   Wang, Ling ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alport syndrome; Anterior lenticonus; Macular flecks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885880452     PISSN: 22223959     EISSN: 22274898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2010.02.13     Document Type: Article

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