| Literature DB >> 3688102 |
R B Melles1, J A Schneider, N A Rao, B Katz.
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We studied 15 patients with infantile nephropathic cystinosis. We found that anterior corneal cystine crystal deposition began early in life and proceeded posteriorly as the patient aged; deposition advanced more rapidly in the periphery. Ultrastructural analysis of a corneal button obtained from a 20-year-old patient undergoing corneal transplantation confirmed our clinical observations that crystals were deposited throughout the entire central stroma.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3688102 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9394(87)90171-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Ophthalmol ISSN: 0002-9394 Impact factor: 5.258