Article
[Best's disease with normal EOG. Case report of familial macular dystrophy].
Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft - 1 Sept 2005
Pollack K, Kreuz F R, Pillunat L E
Abstract excerpt
Best's disease is an autosomal dominant disorder with incomplete penetrance and variable expression. A typical characteristic of Best's disease is a pathological EOG. We describe four members of a family with bilateral, subfoveal vitelliform lesions. The EOG was normal in all cases. Genetic analysis of the oldest son indicated a heterozygotic mutation Ala234Val in the VMD2 gene, so-called bestrophin gene, which...
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