West Indian punctate keratopathy in a Caucasian.
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West Indian punctate keratopathy in a Caucasian.
We present a patient with the picture of corneal white spots, very similar in morphology to those described in native West Indians, occurring here in a Caucasian. Their aetiology remains obscure.
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.64.12.890