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Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy

corneal dystrophy characterized by accumulation of focal outgrowths (guttae) and thickening of Descemet's membrane, leading to corneal edema and loss of vision
MedicalCondition class_of_disease Q1464888
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Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy

Summary

Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy is a class of disease[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy is credited with the discovery of Ernst Fuchs[3].
  • Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy's instance of is recorded as class of disease[4].
  • Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy is a type of corneal endothelial dystrophy[5].
  • Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy is a type of disease[6].
  • Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy's Commons category is recorded as Fuchs' dystrophy[7].
  • Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C84721[8].
  • Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy's health specialty is recorded as ophthalmology[9].
  • Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy's genetic association is recorded as TCF4[10].
  • Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy's genetic association is recorded as PTPRG[11].
  • Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy's genetic association is recorded as SLC4A11[12].
  • Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy's genetic association is recorded as ZEB1[13].
  • Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy's genetic association is recorded as COL8A2[14].
  • Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy's genetic association is recorded as TCF4[15].
  • Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_11555[16].
  • Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:11555[17].
  • Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_98974[18].
  • Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[19].

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Works and Contributions

Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy is credited with the discovery of Ernst Fuchs[3].

Why It Matters

Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

disease ophthalmology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Phenocarta. Retrieved . gemma.msl.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Phenocarta. Retrieved . gemma.msl.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Identifiers.org. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → corneal endothelial dystrophy, disease
    Health specialty → ophthalmology
    Genetic association → TCF4, PTPRG, SLC4A11 +3
    Subclass of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39732|batch #39732]]: rm redundant subclass"
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