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Petal-shaped corneal pattern in a patient with posterior amorphous corneal dystrophy [PDF]
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case ReportsPurpose: To describe the petal-shaped corneal pattern in a patient with posterior amorphous corneal dystrophy. Observation: A 19-year-old male affected by Graves’ disease presented corneal grey sheet-like opacities and high hyperopia.
Massimiliano Borselli +4 more
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Bilateral coexistence of keratoconus and macular corneal dystrophy
Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2009 Bilateral coexistence of keratoconus and macular corneal dystrophy is a very rare clinical entity. Further elaboration on the possible genetic, histopathologic, pathophysiologic and biochemical correlation is required to study the nature of the condition.
Ghazi Al-Hamdan +3 more
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GMS Ophthalmology Cases, 2023 Gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy (GDLD) is a rare autosomal recessive corneal dystrophy that has been associated with mutations in the TACSTD2 (M1S1) gene, which is normally expressed in corneal epithelial cells.
Azher, Tayaba N. +2 more
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Lattice corneal dystrophy type III with corneal fistula. A case report.
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2004 Lattice corneal dystrophy is a distinct clinical entity characterised by amyloid deposits in the corneal stroma. We report a patient who presented with a corneal fistula in the right eye and thick lattice lines involving the peripheral cornea in both ...
Sridhar Mittanamalli +3 more
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Vps35-deficiency impairs SLC4A11 trafficking and promotes corneal dystrophy. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Vps35 (vacuolar protein sorting 35) is a major component of retromer that selectively promotes endosome-to-Golgi retrieval of transmembrane proteins. Dysfunction of retromer is a risk factor for the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) and Alzheimer ...
Wei Liu +6 more
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Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy: current perspectives
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2016 Gustavo Vedana, Guadalupe Villarreal Jr, Albert S Jun Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA Abstract: Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) is the most common corneal dystrophy and frequently results in ...
Vedana G, Villarreal Jr G, Jun AS
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Posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy in X linked Alport syndrome
Revista Brasileira de OftalmologiaWe describe a six-year-old boy with a history of hematuria, posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy and dots and fleck retinopathy. Alport syndrome should be ruled out in patients presenting with posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy or anterior ...
Flavia Ribeiro Monteiro de Godoy +2 more
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Effects of Aberrant Pax6 Gene Dosage on Mouse Corneal Pathophysiology and Corneal Epithelial Homeostasis [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Altered dosage of the transcription factor PAX6 causes multiple human eye pathophysiologies. PAX6(+/-) heterozygotes suffer from aniridia and aniridia-related keratopathy (ARK), a corneal deterioration that probably involves a limbal ...
Mort, Richard L. +8 more
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Crystalline Subtype of Pre-Descemetic Corneal Dystrophy
Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research, 2014 Purpose: To report corneal findings in a familial case of the crystalline subtype of pre- Descemetic corneal dystrophy. Case Report: A 19-year-old girl and her 44-year-old mother were found to have asymptomatic, bilateral, punctiform and multi-colored ...
Rosa Dolz-Marco +3 more
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Changing trends in penetrating keratoplasty indications at a tertiary eye care center in Budapest, Hungary between 2006 and 2017 [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020 AIM: To analyze the changing trends in penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) indications. METHODS: This retrospective study included all patients with PKP between 2006 and 2017. Patients were classified using histological diagnoses.
Milán Tamás Pluzsik +7 more
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