Corneal Dystrophies: Overview and Summary

Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci. 2015:134:73-8. doi: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2015.04.004. Epub 2015 Jun 4.

Author

Daniel Schorderet¹

Affiliation

¹ IRO - Institute for Research in Ophthalmology, Sion, Switzerland; Faculty of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: daniel.schorderet@irovision.ch.

PMID: 26310150
DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2015.04.004

Abstract

In this chapter, I shall discuss the genetics, mode of inheritance and molecular origin of several corneal dystrophies.

Keywords: AGBL; BIGH3; CHST6; COL8A1; Corneal dystrophy; KRT12; KRT3; PIP5K3; SLC4A11; TACSTD2; TGFBI; UBAID1; ZEB1.

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Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / classification
Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / genetics
Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / pathology*
Humans