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Femtosecond-Assisted Lamellar Keratoplasty in Atypical Avellino Corneal Dystrophy of Indian Origin

Amar Agarwal, Jacob W. Brubaker, Nick Mamalis, Dhivya Ashok Kumar, Soosan Jacob, Sujatha Chinnamuthu, Vidya Nair, Gaurav Prakash, Alessandro Meduri, Agarwal Athiya

Eye & Contact Lens Science & Clinical Practice · 2009 · 21 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

To our knowledge, this is the first case report of clinical, histopathological, microscopic features of ACD in young patient of Indian origin with absence of BIGH3 gene treated with FALK with IntraLase Femtosecond Laser for donor and recipient cuts.

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