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Histopathologic Changes in Congenital Corneal Stromal Dystrophy: Report of 4 Cases in 2 Families.
Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM - 1 Jan 2000
Colino Gallardo Ana M, De la Torre Serrano Montserrat, Alarcón García Lorenzo, Casado Fariñas Isabel, De Pablo Velasco David, Martínez-Useros Javier, Barderas Rodrigo, Fernández-Aceñero María J
Abstract excerpt
Corneal dystrophies are hereditary diseases affecting the corneal tissue; they are bilateral, symmetrical and unrelated to environmental or systemic conditions. Congenital corneal stromal dystrophy is a very rare autosomal dominant dystrophy that is caused by a mutation in the DCN gene that encodes decorin (a proteoglycan of the extracellular matrix). We herein report 4 cases of congenital stromal corneal...
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