KOLOA, Hawaii — Genetic testing can identify loci and genes for inherited eye diseases and can help improve screening processes to identify patients who are good candidates for refractive surgery, a speaker said here.
“A new revolution in corneal diagnostics is here. We can now improve our outcomes by looking at genes, and this is the first step to a future of identifying and treating patients with certain corneal diseases,” Sonia H. Yoo, MD, said at Hawaiian Eye 2020.
Corneal refractive surgeons commonly deal with inherited eye diseases, such as (Read more...)
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