Novel variants of ABCA4 in Han Chinese families with Stargardt disease.

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BACKGROUND: Stargardt disease (STGD1) is a common recessive hereditary macular dystrophy in early adulthood or childhood, with an estimated prevalence of 1:8000 to 1:10,000. ABCA4 is the causative gene for STGD1. The current study aims at identifying the novel disease-related ABCA4 variants in Han Chinese families with STGD1 using next-generation sequencing (NGS). METHODS: In the present study, 12 unrelated Han...

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