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Bilateral dense Kayser-Fleischer rings in Wilson’s disease

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Fig. 1: The figure shows slit-lamp and anterior-segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) photographs of Kayser-Fleischer rings in Wilson’s disease.

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  1. These authors contributed equally: Mingquan Xie, Hao Yu.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Jiangsu Shengze Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, China

    Mingquan Xie

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Nanjing Lishui People’s Hospital, Zhongda Hospital Lishui branch, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

    Hao Yu & Bangtao Yao

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Mingquan Xie wrote the manuscript, Hao Yu edited the manuscript, Bangtao Yao established the diagnosis and reviewed the manuscript. Mingquan Xie and Hao Yu contributed equally to this work, and should be regarded as co-first authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Xie, M., Yu, H. & Yao, B. Bilateral dense Kayser-Fleischer rings in Wilson’s disease. Eye (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-025-04219-w

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