Rodrigues MM; Krachmer JH; Hackett J; Gaskins R; Halkias A Corneal buttons from six patients with Fuchs' dystrophy had varying ... displayed multiple prominent guttata of varying size and shape ...

One of the most common forms is Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD), which leads to progressive vision loss due to the death of corneal endothelial cells. Recent research has focused on ...

A research team at the University of Iowa has identified the role of key genes and ultraviolet light in a common eye disease. Aliasger Salem The disease is called Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy ...

Cornea Service, Jules Stein Eye Institute, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA A J Aldave, The Jules Stein Eye Institute, 100 Stein Plaza, UCLA ...

Muscular dystrophy (MD) represents a group of inherited muscle disorders that primarily cause muscle weakness and muscle wasting, though some types of the disease also present with other ...

treatment and management of corneal conditions – including corneal transplant surgery, dry eye, infections, refractive errors, keratoconus, Fuch’s Dystrophy and more. Cornea disease or injury can ...

Muscular dystrophy can appear in infancy up to middle age or later, and its form and severity are determined in part by the age at which it occurs. Some types of muscular dystrophy typically ...

James Funderburgh, PhD, at the University of Pittsburgh discovered stem cells in the corneal stroma in an effort to use these cells to reduce corneal scarring. In early animal studies and ...

Dystrophy is any condition in which a part of the body weakens or wastes away. In muscular dystrophy, the weakness is in the muscles. An inherited genetic mistake prevents the body from making a ...