Slit-lamp photographs of corneas of patient 2 with the superficial variant of granular corneal dystrophy. (a) Diffuse subepithelial opacities preoperatively (4/1/1999). (b) ...

To describe a severe phenotype of Meesmann’s epithelial corneal dystrophy (MECD) and to determine the underlying molecular cause. We identified a 30-member family affected by MECD and examined ...