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North Carolina macular dystrophy and central areolar pigment epithelial dystrophy. One family, one disease.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 Apr 1992
Small K W, Hermsen V, Gurney N, Fetkenhour C L, Folk J C
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The autosomal-dominant macular dystrophies known as North Carolina macular dystrophy and central areolar pigment epithelial dystrophy were originally described as distinct disease entities in three separate families. However, these disorders have several phenotypic features in common. The single large family with North Carolina macular dystrophy, which descended from three Irish brothers in 1790, has undergone...
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