Corneal ectasia in a boy with homozygous KERA mutation

Ophthalmic Genet. 2018 Jan-Feb;39(1):141-143. doi: 10.1080/13816810.2017.1350724. Epub 2017 Aug 11.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Consanguinity
  • Cornea / abnormalities*
  • Corneal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Corneal Diseases / genetics*
  • Corneal Topography
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / genetics
  • Eye Diseases, Hereditary / diagnosis
  • Eye Diseases, Hereditary / genetics*
  • Female
  • Homozygote*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Proteoglycans / genetics*
  • Visual Acuity / physiology

Substances

  • KERA protein, human
  • Proteoglycans

Supplementary concepts

  • Cornea Plana 1