Jayne S Weiss, Christopher J Rapuano, Berthold Seitz, Massimo Busin, Tero T Kivelä, Nacim Bouheraoua, Cecilie Bredrup, Ken K Nischal, Harshvardhan Chawla, Vincent Borderie, Kenneth R Kenyon, Eung Kweon Kim, Hans Ulrik Møller, Francis L Munier, Tim Berger, Walter Lisch
PURPOSE: The International Committee for the Classification of Corneal Dystrophies (IC3D) was created in 2005 to develop a new classification system integrating current information on phenotype, histopathology, and genetic analysis. This update is the third edition of the IC3D nomenclature. METHODS: Peer-reviewed publications from 2014 to 2023 were evaluated. The new information was used to update the anatomic classification and each of the 22 standardized templates including the level of evidence for being a corneal dystrophy [from category 1 (most evidence) to category 4 (least evidence)]...
February 12, 2024: Cornea