Corneal dystrophy is a group of rare hereditary disorders characterised by bilateral abnormal deposition of substances in the transparent front part of the eye called the cornea.[1][2][3]
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Cornealdystrophy is a group of rare hereditary disorders characterised by bilateral abnormal deposition of substances in the transparent front part of...
conditions including corneal edema, scars, and macular cornealdystrophy is clinically manifested as corneal opacity. The term corneal blindness is commonly...
Cornealdystrophies are a group of diseases that affect the cornea in dogs. Cornealdystrophy in dogs usually does not cause any problems and treatment...
Meesmann cornealdystrophy (MECD) is a rare hereditary autosomal dominant disease that is characterized as a type of cornealdystrophy and a keratin disease...
Lattice cornealdystrophy type is a rare form of cornealdystrophy. It has no systemic manifestations, unlike the other type of the dystrophy, Lattice...
Posterior polymorphous cornealdystrophy (PPCD; sometimes also Schlichting dystrophy) is a type of cornealdystrophy, characterised by changes in Descemet's...
Granular cornealdystrophy is a slowly progressive cornealdystrophy that most often begins in early childhood. Granular cornealdystrophy has two types:...
infections. Other eye conditions can cause corneal ulcers, such as entropion, distichiasis, cornealdystrophy, and keratoconjunctivitis sicca (dry eye)...
eye. Cornealdystrophy – a condition in which one or more parts of the cornea lose their normal clarity due to a buildup of cloudy material. Corneal ulcer...
Macular cornealdystrophy, also known as Fehr cornealdystrophy, is a rare pathological condition affecting the stroma of cornea first described by Arthur...
membrane dystrophy (EBMD) is a disorder of the eye that can cause pain and dryness. It is sometimes included in the group of cornealdystrophies. It diverges...
with corneal astigmatism. A follow-up study in 2013 on the European population, however, found no variant significantly associated with corneal astigmatism...
needed] Corneal abrasions are also a common and recurrent feature in people with specific types of cornealdystrophy, such as lattice cornealdystrophy. Lattice...
clinically based on the signs and symptoms as well as eye examination, but corneal scrapings may be obtained and evaluated using microbiological culture or...
Cone dystrophy Congenital abnormalities of the eye Viral conjunctivitis Corneal abrasion CornealdystrophyCorneal ulcer Disruption of the corneal epithelium...
gene result in gelatinous drop-like cornealdystrophy, an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by severe corneal amyloidosis leading to blindness....
cornealdystrophy (LECD), also known as band-shaped and whorled microcystic dystrophy of the corneal epithelium, is a rare form of cornealdystrophy first...
inhibit cell adhesion. Mutations of the gene cause several forms of cornealdystrophies. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000120708 – Ensembl, May 2017...
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