INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY Electron microscopic study of hereditary corneal edema
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Dtiring the first year of life, diffuse corneal clouding is usually caused by infantile glaucoma or infections and inflammatory processes. Although several of the mucopolysaccharidases may also cause corneal clouding, other signs and symptoms predominate. Maumenee* described a congenital, hereditary corneal dystrophy characterized by diffuse corneal edema during the first year of life. His report is the only one which even partially resembles the heredi-
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