DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

SearchDownloadsAbout

Human genes for macular corneal dystrophy

Macular corneal dystrophy [DOID:2565]

A corneal dystrophy that is characterized by corneal haze, bilateral loss of vision, eventually necessitating corneal transplantation resulting from progressive punctate opacities in the cornea.

Synonyms:  macular corneal dystrophy,  DOID:2565,  macular corneal dystrophies,  Fehr corneal dystrophy,  MACULAR DYSTROPHY, CORNEAL, 1 ...

Linkouts:  OMIM

The disease-gene associations are derived from automatic text mining of the biomedical literature, manually curated database annotations, cancer mutation data, and genome-wide association studies. The confidence of each association is signified by stars, where ★★★★★ is the highest confidence and ★☆☆☆☆ is the lowest.

Developed by Sune Frankild, Alexander Junge, Albert Pallejà, Dhouha Grissa, Kalliopi Tsafou, and Lars Juhl Jensen from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research.