West Indian punctate keratopathy in a Caucasian.

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  • C A Buckley
  • A J Bron
چکیده

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:
  • The British journal of ophthalmology

دوره 64 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1980