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Lamellar pulverulent cataract

MedGen UID:
869309
•Concept ID:
C4023735
•
Disease or Syndrome
HPO: HP:0010694

Definition

A Lamellar cataract with a pulverulent (punctate, "dust-like" opacities) appearance. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVLamellar pulverulent cataract

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Visual outcome in patients with isolated autosomal dominant congenital cataract.
Francis PJ, Ionides A, Berry V, Bhattacharya S, Moore AT
Ophthalmology 2001 Jun;108(6):1104-8. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(01)00586-3. PMID: 11382637

Prognosis

Visual outcome in patients with isolated autosomal dominant congenital cataract.
Francis PJ, Ionides A, Berry V, Bhattacharya S, Moore AT
Ophthalmology 2001 Jun;108(6):1104-8. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(01)00586-3. PMID: 11382637

Clinical prediction guides

Novel and known variants in GJA3 and LIM2 in congenital cataract families from North India.
Goyal S, Singh R, Singh JR, Vanita V
BMC Genomics 2024 Jan 4;25(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s12864-023-09880-7. PMID: 38178039Free PMC Article
Two Chinese families with pulverulent congenital cataracts and deltaG91 CRYBA1 mutations.
Lu S, Zhao C, Jiao H, Kere J, Tang X, Zhao F, Zhang X, Zhao K, Larsson C
Mol Vis 2007 Jul 13;13:1154-60. PMID: 17653060
Mutation causing self-aggregation in human gammaC-crystallin leading to congenital cataract.
Talla V, Narayanan C, Srinivasan N, Balasubramanian D
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006 Dec;47(12):5212-7. doi: 10.1167/iovs.06-0427. PMID: 17122105

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