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New Treatments for Stargardt Disease and Related Retinal Degenerative Diseases.
Nippon Ganka Gakkai zasshi - 1 Jan 2017
Arai Eisuke, Maeda Akiko, Murakami Akira
Abstract excerpt
Stargardt disease is a progressive hereditary retinal disease which is currently incurable. Although ABCA4 has been identified as a major causative gene, patients with genetic mutations in other genes (PRPH2, ELOVL4, and PROM1) display similar clinical phenotypes as Stargardt disease. Recent advances in genetic and molecular studies have greatly enhanced our understanding of the disease and have led to...
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