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*Anterior limiting lamina inferior of basement membrane - normally has a uniform thickenss.
*Anterior limiting lamina = layer below the basement membrane.<ref name=pmid18765633>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mathew | first1 = JH. | last2 = Bergmanson | first2 = JP. | last3 = Doughty | first3 = MJ. | title = Fine structure of the interface between the anterior limiting lamina and the anterior stromal fibrils of the human cornea. | journal = Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci | volume = 49 | issue = 9 | pages = 3914-8 | month = Sep | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1167/iovs.07-0707 | PMID = 18765633 }}</ref>
**Normally has a uniform thickenss.


===Images===
===Images===
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3143234/figure/F1/ Keratoconus (nih.gov)].<ref name=pmid21623252/>
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3143234/figure/F1/ Keratoconus (nih.gov)].<ref name=pmid21623252/>
==Sign out==
<pre>
Left Corneal Button, Excision:
- Consistent with keratoconus.
- NEGATIVE for dysplasia.
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===Micro===
The sections show a cornea with thinning and an irregular anterior limiting lamina.


==See also==
==See also==