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Long-Term Outcome After Penetrating Keratoplasty in a Pedigree With the G177E Mutation in the UBIAD1 Gene for Schnyder Corneal Dystrophy.
Cornea - 1 May 2018
Kitazawa Koji, Wakimasu Koichi, Kayukawa Kanae, Sugimoto Manabu, Nakai Junko, Weiss Jayne S, Ueno Morio, Sotozono Chie, Kinoshita Shigeru
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To investigate the long-term surgical outcome after penetrating keratoplasty in 5 patients from 1 pedigree with Schnyder corneal dystrophy (SCD), resulting from the same UbiA prenyltransferase domain containing 1 (UBIAD1) mutation. METHODS: This retrospective study involved 6 eyes of 5 patients who underwent penetrating keratoplasty for treatment of SCD. Postoperative surgical outcome measures included...
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