Article
[Schnyder's crystalline corneal dystrophy. Further narrowing of the linkage interval at chromosome 1p34.1-p36?].
Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft - 1 Nov 2003
Riebeling P, Polz S, Tost F, Weiss J S, Kuivaniemi H, Hoeltzenbein M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Schnyder's crystalline corneal dystrophy (SCCD) is a rare autosomal dominant disease and can occur in association with hyperlipoproteinemia. The disease has been mapped to chromosome 1p34.1-p36. CASE REPORT: We report on a 66-year-old woman and her son with Schnyder's crystalline corneal dystrophy. The mother had type IV hyperlipoproteinemia and hypercholesterolemia while her son had...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
- Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Testing
- Humans
- Hyperlipidemia, Familial Combined
- Male
- Pedigree
