More than meets the eye: Expanding and reviewing the clinical and mutational spectrum of brittle cornea syndrome

T Dhooge, T Van Damme, D Syx… - Human …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Brittle cornea syndrome (BCS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by
corneal thinning and fragility, leading to corneal rupture, the main hallmark of this disorder …

Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and their manifestations in the visual system

S Asanad, M Bayomi, D Brown, J Buzzard, E Lai… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a rare, genetically variable, heterogenous group of
(currently recognized) thirteen connective tissue disorders characterized by skin …

A mouse model of brittle cornea syndrome caused by mutation in Zfp469

CM Stanton, AS Findlay, C Drake… - Disease Models & …, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
Brittle cornea syndrome (BCS) is a rare recessive condition characterised by extreme
thinning of the cornea and sclera. BCS results from loss-of-function mutations in the poorly …

A novel homozygous ZNF469 variant causing brittle cornea syndrome is associated with corneal ectasias in heterozygous carriers

R Arce-González, OF Chacon-Camacho… - International …, 2023 - Springer
Aim To describe a family segregating a novel truncating ZNF469 homozygous mutation
causing brittle cornea syndrome type 1 in a male patient and associated with corneal ectasia …

Brittle Cornea Syndrome: A Novel Mutation

X Geng, L Zhu, J Li, Z Li - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Purpose To report the clinical, tomographic, histopathological and genetic findings of a
patient with brittle cornea syndrome and a novel mutation in the ZNF469 gene likely …

Penetrating keratoplasty in brittle Cornea syndrome: Case series and review of the literature

C Incandela, F D'Oria, L Lapenna… - European Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
It concerns three siblings (two 28 year old twin boys and a 25 year old woman) who
presented a previous history of rupture of eyeball in one eye and very poor vision in the …