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Clinical and basic aspects of gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy.
Developments in ophthalmology - 1 Jan 2011
Kawasaki Satoshi, Kinoshita Shigeru
Abstract excerpt
Gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy (GDLD) was first reported in 1914 as a peculiar corneal dystrophy with an autosomal recessive inheritance mode. GDLD is rare in many countries, but relatively prevalent in Japan. The typical finding of GDLD is grayish, mulberry-like, protruding subepithelial depositions with a prominent hyperfluorescence of the cornea. Histologically, GDLD corneas are characterized by...
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