Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary
"Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Bilateral hereditary disorders of the cornea, usually autosomal dominant, which may be present at birth but more frequently develop during adolescence and progress slowly throughout life. Central macular dystrophy is transmitted as an autosomal recessive defect.
| Descriptor ID |
D003317
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.204.236 C11.270.162 C16.320.290.162
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| Concept/Terms |
Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary- Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary
- Corneal Dystrophy, Hereditary
- Dystrophies, Hereditary Corneal
- Dystrophy, Hereditary Corneal
- Hereditary Corneal Dystrophies
- Hereditary Corneal Dystrophy
Stromal Dystrophies, Corneal- Stromal Dystrophies, Corneal
- Corneal Stromal Dystrophies
- Corneal Stromal Dystrophy
- Dystrophies, Corneal Stromal
- Dystrophy, Corneal Stromal
- Stromal Dystrophy, Corneal
Granular Dystrophy, Corneal- Granular Dystrophy, Corneal
- Corneal Granular Dystrophies
- Corneal Granular Dystrophy
- Dystrophies, Corneal Granular
- Dystrophy, Corneal Granular
- Granular Dystrophies, Corneal
Macular Dystrophy, Corneal- Macular Dystrophy, Corneal
- Corneal Macular Dystrophies
- Corneal Macular Dystrophy
- Dystrophies, Corneal Macular
- Dystrophy, Corneal Macular
- Macular Dystrophies, Corneal
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary" by people in Profiles.
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Bommakanti N, Procopio R, Pulido JS. SECONDARY MULTIPLE EVANESCENT WHITE DOT SYNDROME IN A PATIENT WITH NORTH CAROLINA MACULAR DYSTROPHY. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2025 Nov 01; 19(6):775-778.
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Safran JP, Hammersmith KM, Milman T. Posterior Polymorphous Corneal Dystrophy: Clinical-Pathologic Correlation. Ophthalmology. 2023 12; 130(12):1354.
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Procopio R, Pulido JS, Gunton KB, Syed ZA, Lee D, Moster ML, Sergott R, Neidich JA, Reynolds MM. Comparing Gene Panels for Non-Retinal Indications: A Systematic Review. Genes (Basel). 2023 03 17; 14(3).
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Magan T, Hammersmith KM, Viaene AN, Kumar P, Eagle RC, Milman T. Harboyan Syndrome: A Novel SLC4A11 Variant With Unique Genotype-Phenotype Correlation. Cornea. 2022 Aug 01; 41(8):1053-1057.
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Raber IM, Eagle RC. Peripheral Hypertrophic Subepithelial Corneal Degeneration. Cornea. 2022 Feb 01; 41(2):183-191.
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Courtney DG, Atkinson SD, Moore JE, Maurizi E, Serafini C, Pellegrini G, Black GC, Manson FD, Yam GH, Macewen CJ, Allen EH, McLean WH, Moore CB. Development of allele-specific gene-silencing siRNAs for TGFBI Arg124Cys in lattice corneal dystrophy type I. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 Feb 18; 55(2):977-85.
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Chen S, Sun M, Iozzo RV, Kao WW, Birk DE. Intracellularly-retained decorin lacking the C-terminal ear repeat causes ER stress: a cell-based etiological mechanism for congenital stromal corneal dystrophy. Am J Pathol. 2013 Jul; 183(1):247-56.
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Reddy JC, Rapuano CJ, Nagra PK, Hammersmith KM. Excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy in eyes with corneal stromal dystrophies with and without a corneal graft. Am J Ophthalmol. 2013 Jun; 155(6):1111-1118.e2.
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Reddy JC, Hammersmith KM, Nagra PK, Rapuano CJ. The role of penetrating keratoplasty in the era of selective lamellar keratoplasty. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2013; 53(2):91-101.
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Raber IM, Fintelmann R, Chhabra S, Ribeiro MP, Eagle RC, Orlin SE. Posterior polymorphous dystrophy associated with nonkeratoconic steep corneal curvatures. Cornea. 2011 Oct; 30(10):1120-4.