A Case of Spontaneous Regression of Schnyder's Crystalline Corneal Dystrophy
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
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: 1441-1444, 2000.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Schnyder's crystalline corneal dystrophy is a hereditary disease of unknown etiology and characterized by bilateral subepithelial corneal opacity with diffuse crystalline deposits of cholesterol or other lipid. The authors experienced a case of Schnyder's crystalline corneal dystrophy whose corneal opacity of left eye regressed gradually without treatment. This 40-year-old man had undergone keratoplasty on the right eye and adiagnosis of Schnyder's crystalline corneal dystrophy was made histopatho-logically. In this report, the authors describe a case of regression of Schnyder's crystalline corneal dystrophy without treatment.
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Main subject:
Cholesterol
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Corneal Transplantation
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Corneal Opacity
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Crystallins
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Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
Year:
2000
Type:
Article
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