Lin Ze-Nan, Chen Jie, Cui Hong-Ping
Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200120, China.
Int J Ophthalmol. 2016 Jun 18;9(6):904-13. doi: 10.18240/ijo.2016.06.20. eCollection 2016.
Corneal dystrophy is a common type of hereditary corneal diseases. It includes many types, which have varied pathology, histology and clinical manifestations. Recently, the examination techniques of ophthalmology and gene sequencing advance greatly, which do benefit to our understanding of these diseases. However, many aspects remain still unknown. And due to the poor knowledge of these diseases, the results of the treatments are not satisfoctory. The purpose of this review was to summarize the clinical, histological and genetic characteristics of different types of corneal dystrophies.
角膜营养不良是一种常见的遗传性角膜疾病。它包括许多类型,其病理、组织学和临床表现各不相同。近年来,眼科检查技术和基因测序有了很大进展,这确实有助于我们对这些疾病的了解。然而,许多方面仍然未知。而且由于对这些疾病了解不足,治疗结果并不令人满意。本综述的目的是总结不同类型角膜营养不良的临床、组织学和遗传学特征。