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Ultrastructural localization of sulfated and unsulfated keratan sulfate in normal and macular corneal dystrophy type I (2000)
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Lewis, D., Davies, Y., Nieduszynski, I. A., Lawrence, F., Quantock, A. J., Bonshek, R., & Fullwood, N. J. (2000). Ultrastructural localization of sulfated and unsulfated keratan sulfate in normal and macular corneal dystrophy type I. Glycobiology, 10(3), 305-312. https://doi.org/10.1093/glycob/10.3.305

Keratan sulfate (KS) proteoglycans are of importance for the maintenance of corneal transparency as evidenced in the condition macular corneal dystrophy type I (MCD I), a disorder involving the absence of KS sulfation, in which the cornea becomes opa... Read More about Ultrastructural localization of sulfated and unsulfated keratan sulfate in normal and macular corneal dystrophy type I.