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Science 7 February 1969:
Vol. 163. no. 3867, pp. 581 - 583
DOI: 10.1126/science.163.3867.581
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X-ray and Electron Diffraction of Ocular and Bone Marrow Crystals in Paraproteinemia

Peter R. Laibson 1 and Victor V. Damiano 2

1 Wills Eye Hospital and Research Institute, 1601 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2 Franklin Institute Research Laboratories, Philadelphia

Crystals in the cornea, conjunctiva, and bone marrow of a patient with a monoclonal gammopathy were analyzed by x-ray and selective-area electron diffraction. X-ray diffraction rings obtained from the abnormal crystalline deposits closely matched cholesteryl stearate patterns, and electron diffraction findings were suggestive of this lipid.


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