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Peripheral hypertrophic subepithelial corneal degeneration - clinical and histopathological features.
Acta ophthalmologica - 1 Dec 2014
Järventausta Petri J, Tervo Timo M T, Kivelä Tero, Holopainen Juha M
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PURPOSE: To refine the diagnostic criteria for peripheral hypertrophic subepithelial corneal degeneration (PHSD) and characterize its clinical phenotype, histopathology and immunohistochemical features. METHODS: Diagnostic criteria were refined on the basis of literature data. Fourteen patients (13 women and one man; median age 52 years, range 33-66) were identified based on these criteria. Keratectomy specimens...
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