Open AccessDeposits and Proteoglycan Changes in Primary and Recurrent Granular Dystrophy of the Cornea
Author(s) -
Saeed Akhtar,
Keith Michael Andrew Meek,
A E A Ridgway,
Richard Bonshek,
Anthony J. Bron
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
archives of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3601
pISSN - 0003-9950
DOI - 10.1001/archopht.117.3.310
Subject(s) - stroma , dystrophy , cornea , electron microscope , bone canaliculus , corneal dystrophy , pathology , epithelium , extracellular matrix , proteoglycan , chemistry , anatomy , granular layer , ultrastructure , collagen fibril , matrix (chemical analysis) , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , ophthalmology , immunohistochemistry , endocrinology , physics , chromatography , optics , cerebellum
To investigate the origin and distribution of granular deposits in the corneas of 3 patients with granular dystrophy, 1 of whom had previously received a lamellar keratoplasty in which the granular dystrophy had recurred.