Embryological Pigment Epithelial Dystrophies
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Ophthalmologica
- Vol. 172 (6) , 417-433
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000307743
Abstract
[Human] embryological pigment epithelial dystrophies may be due, although rather rarely, to chemical factors, such as antibiotics and thalidomide, to ionizing radiation and to infectious factors, syphilis or viral infections, e.g., mumps, measles, varicella or cytomegalovirus. The most frequent and the most typical dystrophy is the rubella epitheliopathy with its widespread scattered black pigment deposits, found predominantly in the posterior pole, and its unaffected visual functions. The macular dystrophy associated with deaf-mutism is also often due to a maternal rubella infection.Keywords
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