Keratoconus Associated With Corneal Stromal Amyloid Deposition Containing TGFBIp

Tak Yee Tania Tai, Mausam R. Damani, Rosalind C. Vo, Sylvia A. Rayner, Ben J. Glasgow, John Hofbauer, Richard Casey, Anthony J. Aldave

Cornea · 2009 · 23 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

Two cases of keratoconus with clinically unsuspected, presumed secondary stromal amyloid deposition are described. Although TGFBIp is identified in the stromal deposits, no previously reported amyloidogenic mutations are identified in TGFBI in either affected individual, indicating a previously undescribed mechanism of stromal amyloid deposition.

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