CLIMATIC DROPLET KERATOPATHY: AN OLD DISEASE IN NEW CLOTHES

SERRA, HORACIO MARCELO; M. HOLOPAINEN, J.; R.W. BEUERMAN,; KAI KAARNIRANTA; SUAREZ MARÍA F; A. URRETS-ZAVALÍA, JULIO

ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA

WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC

Lugar: Londres ; Año: 2015 vol. 93 p. 496 - 496

1755-375X

!--[if gte mso 9]> 1024x768 Climatic DropletKeratopathy (CDK) is an acquired and potentially handicapping cornea degenerativedisease that is highly prevalent in certain rural communities around the world.It predominantly affects males over their forties. It has many other names suchas Bietti?s band-shaped nodular dystrophy, Labradorkeratopathy, spheroidal degeneration, chronic actinic keratopathy, oil dropletdegeneration, elastoid degeneration, keratin