- Salzmann nodular corneal dystrophy
- Salz·mann nodular corneal dystrophy (zahltsґmahn) [Maximilian Salzmann, Austrian-born ophthalmologist in Germany, 1862–1954] see under dystrophy.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Salzmann nodular corneal dystrophy
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