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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Corneal keloids - A histopathological study
Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Volume 218, No. 5, Year 1982
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Description
Corneal keloids, elevated corneal scars that protrude beyond the original site of injury, were found in nine globes enucleated from young African patients with the diagnosis of anterior staphyloma. All the cases showed evidence of previous corneal perforation and protuberant hypertrophic scar of the anterior corneal stroma. Corneal keloids may be more common than previously thought, and may be related to over production of collagen in the scar tissue of susceptible individuals. © 1982 Springer-Verlag.
Authors & Co-Authors
Lahav, Moshe
United States, Boston
Schepens Eye Research Institute
United States, Boston
Tufts Medical Center
Haiti, Port-au-prince
State University Hospital
Malawi
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Israel, Jerusalem
Hadassah University Medical Centre
Cadet, J. C.
United States, Boston
Schepens Eye Research Institute
United States, Boston
Tufts Medical Center
Haiti, Port-au-prince
State University Hospital
Malawi
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Israel, Jerusalem
Hadassah University Medical Centre
Chirambo, Moses C.
United States, Boston
Schepens Eye Research Institute
United States, Boston
Tufts Medical Center
Haiti, Port-au-prince
State University Hospital
Malawi
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Israel, Jerusalem
Hadassah University Medical Centre
Rehani, U.
United States, Boston
Schepens Eye Research Institute
United States, Boston
Tufts Medical Center
Haiti, Port-au-prince
State University Hospital
Malawi
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Israel, Jerusalem
Hadassah University Medical Centre
Ishii, Y.
United States, Boston
Schepens Eye Research Institute
United States, Boston
Tufts Medical Center
Haiti, Port-au-prince
State University Hospital
Malawi
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Israel, Jerusalem
Hadassah University Medical Centre
Statistics
Citations: 6
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/BF02175893
ISSN:
0721832X
e-ISSN:
1435702X
Research Areas
Violence And Injury