Article
Gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy is not one of the beta ig-h3-mutated corneal amyloidoses.
American journal of ophthalmology - 1 Dec 1998
Dota A, Nishida K, Honma Y, Adachi W, Kawasaki S, Quantock A J, Kinoshita S
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To discover if beta ig-h3 is mutated in gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy, as has been suggested. METHODS: Genomic DNA was isolated from unrelated individuals with lattice corneal dystrophy type I (n = 3), Avellino corneal dystrophy (n = 3), and gelatinous drop-like corneal dystroph...
Topics
- Amyloidosis
- Cornea
- Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Exons
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins
- Humans
- Mutation
- Neoplasm Proteins
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Transforming Growth Factor beta
