Also known as epithelial basement membrane dystrophy, map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy gets its name from the unusual appearance of the cornea during an eye examination.Map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy, ...

This study reveals a novel mechanism of muscular dystrophy in which the membrane repair machinery of muscle is defective, as opposed to several other types of muscular dystrophies in which the ...

It would also appear to be the first Bowman’s lecture to spend a significant amount of time describing research on Bowman’s membrane, although I have to confess my contribution has been ...

This condition is called anterior basement membrane dystrophy, Cogan's dystrophy, or map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy (because of the tiny, maplike patterns it creates on the cornea).

Muscular dystrophy encompasses more than 30 closely related disorders exist that result in the gradual muscle degeneration.