Bilateral anterior lenticonus in a case of Alport syndrome: A clinical and histopathological correlation after successful clear lens extraction

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sonarkhan, Shilpa ^a   Ramappa, Muralidhar ^a   Chaurasia, Sunita ^a   Mulay, Kaustubh ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPORT SYNDROME; ANTERIOR LENS CAPSULE; ARTICLE; BILATERAL ANTERIOR LENTICONUS; CAPSULORHEXIS; CASE REPORT; CLEAR LENS EXTRACTION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS DISEASE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; EXCISION; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 84903555109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-2020361     Document Type: Article

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