RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
An epithelial and subepithelial dystrophy that is characterized by bilateral or unilateral, gray, band-shaped, and feathery opacities that sometimes appeared in whorled patterns and that has_material_basis_in the MCOLN1 gene on Chr. 19. (DO)
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
LECD; band-shaped and whorled microcystic corneal epithelial dystrophy
CTD Direct Evidence: marker/mechanism ClinVar Annotator: match by term: BAND-SHAPED AND WHORLED MICROCYSTIC CORNEAL EPITHELIAL DYSTROPHY | ClinVar Annotator: match by term: Lisch epithelial corneal dystrophy