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Age-severity relationships in families linked to FCD2 with retroillumination photography.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Dec 2010
McGlumphy Elyse J, Yeo William S, Riazuddin S Amer, Al-Saif Amr, Wang Jiangxia, Eghrari Allen O, Meadows Danielle N, Emmert David G, Katsanis Nicholas, Gottsch John D
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Fuchs corneal dystrophy (FCD) is a progressive disorder of the corneal endothelium and is pathologically defined by the presence of guttae, which are excrescences of the Descemet membrane. The present study was undertaken to investigate the age-severity relationship of the FCD2-linked disease phenotype using retroillumination photography and to compare it with the characteristics of FCD1. METHODS: Two...
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