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Arlt's line
Associated persons:
Carl Ferdinand Ritter von Arlt
Description:
Horizontal, linear scarring of the upper tarsal conjunctiva. A classical sign of trachoma.
Bibliography:
- C. F. von Arlt:
Ueber das Trachom.
Vierteljahresschrift für die praktische Heilkunde, Prag, 1848, 18: 41-68.
- C. F. von Arlt:
Die Krankheiten des Auges. 3 volumes, Prag, F. A. Credner & Kleinbub, 1851, 1853 and 1856.
- William Charles Caccamise Sr:
Arlt's line: an eponym applicable to a type of scarring in trachoma.
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