| Literature DB >> 141212 |
D H Nicholson, W R Green, H E Cross, K R Kenyon, D Massof.
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A 57-year-old black man had François-Neetens speckled dystrophy of the cornea and orbital phycomycosis. Examination of family members confirmed an auto-somal-dominant pattern of inheritance. Light and electron microscopic study of the cornea of a blind eye disclosed that the corneal opacities were represented by swollen, vacuolated keratocytes filled with histochemically demonstrable acid mucopolysaccharide and complex lipids. Thus, this dystrophy may represent a dominantly inherited metabolic disorder confined to the cornea.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID: 141212 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9394(77)90566-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Ophthalmol ISSN: 0002-9394 Impact factor: 5.258