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Fine vertical striations in Descemet’s membrane and the posterior stroma that may be seen in the keratoconic cornea (Fig. 1).
Slit-lamp examination demonstrates fine vertical lines in a keratoconic eye consistent with Vogt lines
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Renner, M. (2014). Vogt Lines, Keratoconus. In: Schmidt-Erfurth, U., Kohnen, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35951-4_913-1
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