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Prominent corneal nerves: a novel sign of lipoid proteinosis.
The British journal of ophthalmology - 1 Jul 2012
Al-Faky Yasser H, Bosley Thomas M, Al-Turki Turki, Salih Mustafa A M, Abu-Amero Khaled K, Alsuhaibani Adel H
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AIM: Detailed longitudinal evaluation of corneal and other ophthalmological features of patients with lipoid proteinosis (LP). METHODS: Ophthalmological examinations, chart review, ultrasound biomicroscopy, corneal confocal microscopic examinations with Nidek confoScan 4 and direct sequencing of the extracellular matrix protein 1 gene in individuals from three consanguineous Saudi families with LP. RESULTS: Seven...
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