Keratoconus and Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis: a coincidence or a defect during embryogenesis?

Yagci A., Uretmen O., Egrilmez S., Gunenc U., Kusbeci T.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, vol.11, no.1, pp.73-76, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 11 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2001
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/112067210101100114
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.73-76
  • Keywords: keratoconus, Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis, etiology, embryogenesis
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

PURPOSE. We aimed to discuss the possible role of developmental embryologic factors in neural crest cells in the aetiology of keratoconus and Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis by presenting this case.