Meesmann juvenile epithelial corneal dystrophy
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Meesmann juvenile epithelial corneal dystrophy (MECD, sometimes also Stocker-Holt dystrophy) is a keratin disease
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It is named for Alois Meesmann.
It is sometimes called "Meesmann-Wilke syndrome", after the joint contribution of Meesmann and Wilke.
It has been associated with KRT3 and KRT12.
Keratin disease
A keratin disease is a genetic disorder of one of the keratin genes.An example is monilethrix.The first to be identified was epidermolysis bullosa simplex.Examples include:-References:...
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It is named for Alois Meesmann.
It is sometimes called "Meesmann-Wilke syndrome", after the joint contribution of Meesmann and Wilke.
It has been associated with KRT3 and KRT12.