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EARLE H. McBAIN, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1942;28(6):1020-1027.

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The study of hereditary corneal degenerations has received considerable clarification by the work of Bücklers.¹ Since 1890, when Groenouw² reported the first case, a great many types of familial corneal dystrophy have been described which have differed somewhat in the size, shape and position of the opacities. Most ophthalmologists have agreed with Fleischer³ that all the conditions described were simply morphologic variations of a single disease. However, in 1938 Bücklers published the results of the detailed investigation of several families including 129 patients in whom these diseases were found, and it is now generally accepted that there are actually three distinct types of hereditary corneal dystrophy, which remain essentially unaltered during their transmission from generation to generation.

It is true that the corneas of certain patients may sometimes resemble those found in patients of a different group, and it is this fact which has caused so much . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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SAN FRANCISCO

From the Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Medical School.

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