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The autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy syndrome (APECED) is a rare disease which can be associated with severe keratitis leading to blindness. Besides conjunctivitis and keratitis uveitis anterior, cataract, retinitis pigmentosa, atrophy of the optical nerve, loss of lashes and eye-brows have been described.
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