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The ultrastructure of lens and iris in cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis
Acta Ophthalmologica
|April 1, 1977
Abstract:
The lens and an iris biopsy from a patient with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis has been examined in the electron microscope. Subepithelial electron-lucent areas were demonstrated. The iris was normal. The lens changes were thought to be due to deposition of the specific cholesterol breakdown product inherent to this disease.