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Ophthalmic Paediatrics and Genetics Volume 7, 1986 - Issue 3
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Macular corneal dystrophy Lack of keratan sulfate in serum and cornea

Gordon K. Klintworth Departments of Ophthalmology and Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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Roger Meyer Department of Ophthalmology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
,
Richard Dennis Departments of Ophthalmology, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL
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A. Tyl Hewitt Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
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E. Lee Stock Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL
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Mary Ellen Lenz Departments of Biochemistry, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL
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John R. Hassell Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Anomalies, NIH, Bethesda, MD
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Walter J. Stark Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Klaus E. Kuettner Departments of Biochemistry, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL
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Eugene J.-M. A. Thonar Departments of Biochemistry, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL
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Pages 139-143 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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