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Novel variants associated with Stargardt disease in Chinese patients.
Gene - 5 Sept 2020
Hu Fangyuan, Gao Fengjuan, Li Jiankang, Xu Ping, Wang Dandan, Chen Fang, Zhang Shenghai, Wu Jihong
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Stargardt disease (STGD) is the most frequent cause of hereditary macular dystrophy in childhood. Variants in the ABCA4, ELOVL4, PROM1, BEST1, and PRPH2 genes have been detected in patients with autosomal recessive or dominant STGD. This study was aimed at identifying the novel disease-associated variants in Chinese patients with STGD. METHODS: Ten Chinese families and two sporadic cases with STGD...
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