Sentences with phrase «dystrophy occurs»
Similar in some ways, corneal dystrophy occurs when fats (lipids) or calcium accumulates within the middle or outer layers of the cornea in the dog's eye.
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy occurs in approximately 1 in 5000 live born boys.
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The finding has fueled suspicions that similar problems may occur in people with muscular dystrophy, although researchers caution that they don't have direct evidence of that yet.
«The identification of these genes paves the way for the development of a test to identify individuals who are at risk of getting Fuchs dystrophy, and also for the development of drugs to slow disease progression or to potentially delay or prevent it from occurring,» said George A. McKie, D.V.M., PhD., director of the NEI's cornea research program.
The finding provides new insight into how diseases, such as muscular dystrophy, that disconnect brain and body occur, as it points to novel treatment targets, said neuroscientist Dr. Lin Mei.
Her work on the genetic mechanisms of cardiomyopathies and muscular dystrophies has identified several genes that are important for cardiac and skeletal muscle membrane stability and produced insights into how heart failure and muscle dysfunction occur.
Corneal dystrophy affects both eyes and occurs in dogs of any age.
Corneal dystrophy and cherry eye are other eye diseases that occur with some regularity in Afghan Hounds.
Cone degeneration (CD) is also different from other progressive disorders in that early - onset cone degeneration occurs in the absence of the subsequent rod degeneration that characterizes cone - rod dystrophies.
Bilateral corneal stromal loss (BCSL) occurs in Friesian horses with corneal dystrophy.
The most common type is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy which occurs only in boys.