In the US and Europe, approximately 600,000 people have Fuchs dystrophy, the most common type of CED, and approximately 200,000 of those have late-stage disease that requires treatment with a ...
An abnormality was discovered during an annual eye exam in 2007. He was diagnosed with Fuchs' dystrophy, a genetic disease in which the inner cells of the cornea, or "endothelium," die.