Flockerzi, Elias http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0423-3624
Daas, Loay
Schlötzer-Schrehardt, Ursula
Zimpfer, Annette
Bohle, Rainer
Seitz, Berthold
Article History
Received: 11 October 2017
Accepted: 11 June 2018
First Online: 18 June 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Elias Flockerzi has received a travel grant from Orphan Europe Germany GmbH to present the corneal slit lamp findings of the patient described in this manuscript at the second Ophthalmology Cystinosis Forum (OCF II) Conference in Berlin, Germany, June 30, 2017 and a travel grant from Orphan Europe Germany GmbH to attend the third Ophthalmology Cystinosis Forum (OCF III) Conference in London, United Kingdom, June 15, 2018. The other authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
: The local ethics committee of Saarland (Ethikkommission bei der Ärztekammer des Saarlandes) was informed. Because this article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors as it describes the required ophthalmological treatment of one nephropathic cystinosis patient, the ethics committee of Saarland approved the publication of this article.
: Informed consent to publish this case study was obtained from the patient.