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Keratoconus in a Rhesus Monkey
Author(s) -
Peiffer Robert L.,
Werblin Theodore P.,
Patel Anil S.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1987.tb00349.x
Subject(s) - keratoconus , ophthalmology , biology , medicine , cornea
A 15‐year‐old female rhesus monkey was observed to have bilaterally thinned and prominently curved corneas. Slit lamp observations, pachymetry, keratometry, and corneoscopy were consistent with a diagnosis of keratoconus, a relatively common corneal dystrophy in humans heretofore not described in a subhuman primate.