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Abstract
Disorder caused by loss of endothelium of the central cornea. It is characterized by hyaline endothelial outgrowths on Descemet's membrane, epithelial blisters, reduced vision, and pain.
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- Fuch's Endothelial Dystrophy
- Fuchs Atrophy
- Fuchs Corneal Dystrophy
- Fuchs Dystrophy
- Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy
- Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy
- Dystrophy, Fuch's Endothelial
- Dystrophy, Fuchs' Endothelial
- Endothelial Dystrophy, Fuch's
- Endothelial Dystrophy, Fuchs'
- Fuch Endothelial Dystrophy
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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a corneal dystrophy
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History Note
91(75); was see under CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY 1990; was see under CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES 1975-89
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005642. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005642
- Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchs%27_dystrophy
- Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1464888