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Ultrastructural Pathology Volume 21, 1997 - Issue 4
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Crystalloidal Paraprotein Deposits in the Cornea: An Ultrastructural Study of Two New Cases with Tubular Crystalloids that Contain IgGk Light Chains and IgGγ Heavy Chains

John W. Stirling Department of Pathology, Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Douglas W. Henderson Department of Pathology, Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, Australia
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Michael A.M. Rozenbilds Department of Pathology, Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, Australia
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John M. Skinner Department of Pathology, Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, Australia
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Marijan Filipic Eye Pathology Department, Sydney Eye Hospital, Potts Point, Australia
Pages 337-344 | Received 07 Nov 1996, Accepted 08 Jan 1997, Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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