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-stromal TGFBI dystrophy that is characterized by recurrent erosions and irregular geographic opacification located_in the cornea, proteinaceous deposits in the anterior stroma and subepithelium, and progressive early vision loss, and has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation of transforming growth factor beta-induced gene located in chromosome 5q31.1, which encodes keratoepithelin. Abnormalities lead to increased protein deposition and disruption especially of Bowman's membrane of the cornea. (DO)
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CDB1; CDRB; RBCD; Reis-Bucklers dystrophy; anterior limiting membrane dystrophy type I; corneal dystrophy of Bowman layer, type 1; corneal dystrophy of Bowman layer, type I; corneal dystrophy, Reis-Bucklers type; geographic corneal dystrophy; granular corneal dystrophy type III
CTD Direct Evidence: marker/mechanism ClinVar Annotator: match by term: GRANULAR CORNEAL DYSTROPHY, TYPE III | ClinVar Annotator: match by term: Reis Bucklers dystrophy