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Phenotypic Spectrum of the Foveal Configuration and Foveal Avascular Zone in Patients With Alport Syndrome.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 7 Feb 2020
Hess Kristina, Pfau Maximilian, Wintergerst Maximilian W M, Loeffler Karin U, Holz Frank G, Herrmann Philipp
Abstract excerpt
Purpose: To investigate characteristics of the foveal pit and the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) in patients with Alport syndrome (AS), a rare monogenetic disease due to mutations in genes encoding for collagen type IV. Methods: Twenty-eight eyes of nine patients with AS, and five autosomal-recessive carriers and 15 eyes from 15 age-similar healthy control subjects were examined using optical coherence tomography...
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