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Crystal deposits on the lens capsules in Bietti crystalline corneoretinal dystrophy associated with a mutation in the CYP4V2 gene.
Acta ophthalmologica - 1 Aug 2010
Yokoi Yumiko, Nakazawa Mitsuru, Mizukoshi Sayuri, Sato Kota, Usui Tomoaki, Takeuchi Kimio
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: We report a patient (Case 1) with Bietti crystalline corneoretinal dystrophy (BCD) associated with previously unknown findings of crystal-like deposits on the anterior and posterior lens capsules. This patient is one of four (Cases 1-4) in whom we have found BCD associated with the same mutation in the CYP4V2 gene. METHODS: We present a case report with molecular diagnosis. A 45-year-old man (Case 1) was...
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