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. 2009 Dec;2(6):493-4.
doi: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfp123. Epub 2009 Sep 16.

'Stone'-blindness

Madhivanan Sundaram  1 , Anjali Mohapatra  1 , George T John  1
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'Stone'-blindness

Madhivanan Sundaram et al. NDT Plus. 2009 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: band keratopathy; chronic kidney disease.

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(A) Dense Corneal opacity at first visit. (B) Improvement in corneal opacity after renal transplantation.
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