Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1987;28(5):1101-1104.
Published online May 1, 1987.
Five Cases of Hereditary Congenital Cataracts in One Family.
Dong Gun Kim, Byung Joo Yoon
Department of Ophthalmology, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
한 가족에서 발생한 선천성 백내장 5 예
김동건(Dong Gun Kim),윤병주(Byung Joo Yoon)
Abstract
The congenital cataract is the relatively common cause of the blindness in childhood, and its etiology is multiple but most of etiology is unknown. The inheritance is the largest single category of cause of congenital cataract. The modes of the inheritance are autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive and X-linked. The autosomal dominant inheritance is the most common type. We experienced hereditary congenital cataract, which transmitted with autosomal dominant inheritance. So we reported this patients with review of literatures.


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