Congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy type I

General Information (adopted from Orphanet):

Synonyms, Signs: MAUMENEE CORNEAL DYSTROPHY
CONGENITAL HEREDITARY ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY OF CORNEA
CORNEAL DYSTROPHY, CONGENITAL HEREDITARY ENDOTHELIAL
CHED1
CHEDI
CHED
Congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy type 1
Autosomal dominant congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy
Autosomal dominant CHED
Number of Symptoms 2
OrphanetNr: 98975
OMIM Id: 121700
ICD-10: H18.5
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Prevalence, inheritance and age of onset:

Prevalence: No data available.
Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
[Orphanet]
Age of onset: Neonatal
Infancy
[Orphanet]

Disease classification (adopted from Orphanet):

Parent Diseases: Posterior corneal dystrophy
 -Rare eye disease
 -Rare genetic disease

Symptom Information: Sort by abundance 

1
(HPO:0008005) Congenital corneal dystrophy 4/11 [HPO:curators] 15671264 IBIS 3 / 7739
2
(HPO:0000006) Autosomal dominant inheritance 2518 / 7739

Associated genes:

ClinVar (via SNiPA)

Gene symbol Variation Clinical significance Reference

Additional Information:

Description: (OMIM) Corneal endothelial dystrophy is characterized by thickening and opacification of the cornea, altered morphology of the endothelium, and secretion of an abnormal collagenous layer at the Descemet membrane. There are both autosomal dominant (CHED1) and autosomal recessive (CHED2; ...
Clinical Description OMIM Maumenee (1960) observed 6 known persons with corneal endothelial dystrophy in 3 generations of 1 family.

Pearce et al. (1969) reported a family in which 39 persons in 5 generations had congenital endothelial corneal dystrophy. A ...