So you won’t be totally blind. Macular corneal dystrophy, is an unrelated and separate, rare genetic condition, affects the cornea, the transparent layer on the front of the eye. Cloudy areas ...

To identify the molecular genetic cause of macular corneal dystrophy (MCD) in four probands, and characterize phenotypic similarities between MCD and keratoconus. We performed ophthalmological ...

We determined sulphated keratan sulphate concentration in normal and patient serum by ELISA as described 8,16, using bovine corneal keratan sulphate (Sigma) as a standard. Analysis of mutations in ...

Gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy Granular corneal dystrophy Lattice corneal dystrophy Macular corneal dystrophy Schnyder crystalline corneal dystrophy These dystrophies often start when you ...

Granular corneal dystrophy type 2 is a combination of granular and lattice-like deposits. In macular corneal dystrophy, the entire cornea is involved, and cornea between the deposits appears cloudy.

Based on the scientific progress achieved in the past few years, it is possible that patients with myopic macular degeneration complicated by CNV may benefit from a new ophthalmic frontier of ...