Study of corneal copper deposits in wilson's disease by in vivo confocal microscopy

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 147-152

  Ceresara, Gaia ^a   Fogagnolo, Paolo ^a   Zuin, Massimo ^b   Zatelli, Stefania ^b   Bovet, Jerôme ^c   Rossetti, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c OnO Clinique de l' Il   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corneal copper microdeposits; Corneal laser scanning confocal microscopy; Kayser Fleischer ring; Wilson's disease

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SLIT LAMP; WILSON DISEASE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEAL COPPER DEPOSIT; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EYE EXAMINATION; GOLDMANNS THREE MIRROR CONTACT LENS EXAMINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; SLIT LAMP BIOMICROSCOPY; TRADITIONAL BIOMICROSCOPY; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; CORNEAL DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 84896489114     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355090     Document Type: Article

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