Combined granular-lattice corneal dystrophies (medical condition): A rare inherited eye disorder involving degeneration of the cornea. The degeneration is caused by granular deposits in the cornea as well as deposits of amyloid in a lattice pattern on the cornea. The condition occurs as a result of a genetic defect on chromosome 5q31.
See also:
Corneal dystrophy Avellino type:
»Introduction: Corneal dystrophy Avellino type
»Symptoms of Corneal dystrophy Avellino type
These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Combined granular-lattice corneal dystrophies:
Combined granular-lattice corneal dystrophies is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Combined granular-lattice corneal dystrophies, or a subtype of Combined granular-lattice corneal dystrophies,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Combined granular-lattice corneal dystrophies: Another name for Corneal dystrophy Avellino type (or close medical condition association).
»Introduction: Corneal dystrophy Avellino type
»Symptoms of Corneal dystrophy Avellino type
Some of the symptoms of Combined granular-lattice corneal dystrophies incude:
Source - NIH
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