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Clinical and pathological features of a non-crystalline form of Schnyder corneal dystrophy

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Basel, Mittlere Strasse 91, 4031, Basel, Switzerland

    Nicole Arnold-Wörner, David Goldblum, Josef Flammer & Peter Meyer

  2. Diagene Laboratories Inc., Kaegenstrasse 17, 4153, Reinach, Switzerland

    André R. Miserez

  3. University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    André R. Miserez

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Arnold-Wörner, N., Goldblum, D., Miserez, A.R. et al. Clinical and pathological features of a non-crystalline form of Schnyder corneal dystrophy. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 250, 1241–1243 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-012-1975-y

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