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The IC3D classification of the corneal dystrophies.
Cornea - 1 Dec 2008
Weiss Jayne S, Møller H U, Lisch Walter, Kinoshita Shigeru, Aldave Anthony J, Belin Michael W, Kivelä Tero, Busin Massimo, Munier Francis L, Seitz Berthold, Sutphin John, Bredrup Cecilie, Mannis Mark J, Rapuano Christopher J, Van Rij Gabriel, Kim Eung Kweon, Klintworth Gordon K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The recent availability of genetic analyses has demonstrated the shortcomings of the current phenotypic method of corneal dystrophy classification. Abnormalities in different genes can cause a single phenotype, whereas different defects in a single gene can cause different phenotypes....
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