Anterior corneal dystrophy of American Dutch belted rabbits: biomicroscopic and histopathologic findings.
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چکیده
Spontaneously occurring anterior corneal opacities were present in related, juvenile American Dutch belted rabbits. Slit lamp biomicroscopy revealed focal opacities of epithelium, basement membrane, and subepithelial corneal stroma. Lesions were characterized histologically by thin and disorganized surface epithelium, thickened and intensely staining epithelial basement membrane, fimbriated and irregular basement membrane-stromal juncture, and disorganized subepithelial stroma. Biomicroscopic and histopathologic features of anterior corneal dystrophy of American Dutch belted rabbits appear similar to those of human anterior corneal dystrophies.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Veterinary pathology
دوره 24 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987