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Identification of three ABCA4 sequence variations exclusive to African American patients in a cohort of patients with Stargardt disease.
American journal of ophthalmology - 1 Dec 2013
Utz Virginia Miraldi, Chappelow Aimee V, Marino Meghan J, Beight Craig D, Sturgill-Short Gwen M, Pauer Gayle J T, Crowe Susan, Hagstrom Stephanie A, Traboulsi Elias I
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PURPOSE: To describe the clinical and molecular findings in ten unrelated African American patients with Stargardt disease. DESIGN: Retrospective, observational case series. METHODS: We reviewed the clinical histories, examinations, and genotypes of 85 patients with molecular diagnoses of Stargardt disease. Three ABCA4 sequence variations identified exclusively in African Americans were evaluated in 300 African...
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