Clinical feature, genetic analysis and treatment of primary gelatinous Drop-like dystrophy
- Author:
Chau Minh Hoang
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
corneal dystrophy
- MeSH:
diagnosis;
therapeutics;
Corneal Diseases
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2002;269(2):24-27
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A first male patient with age of 30 in Vietnam had typical clinical symptoms and histopathological features of the primary gelatinous Drop-like dystrophy. This was the first time the research on the genetic mutation affirmed the hereditary of the disease. The combination of surgery with the open amniotic transplantation was new method of the treatment.
