A relationship between corneal arcus and atherosclerosis has long been suspected but is controversial. The homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia patients in this study present a unique opportunity to assess this issue. They have both advanced atherosclerosis and corneal arcus.
Molecular Disease Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 10/Room 7N115, 10 Center Drive MSC 1666, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. lzech@uiuc.edu
