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Stargardt disease: monitoring incidence and diagnostic trends in the Netherlands using a nationwide disease registry.
Acta ophthalmologica - 1 Jun 2022
Runhart Esmee H, Dhooge Patty, Meester-Smoor Magda, Pas Jeroen, Pott Jan Willem R, van Leeuwen Redmer, Kroes Hester Y, Bergen Arthur A, de Jong-Hesse Yvonne, Thiadens Alberta A, van Schooneveld Mary J, van Genderen Maria, Boon Camiel, Klaver Caroline, van den Born L Ingeborg, Cremers Frans P M, Hoyng Carel B
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To assess the incidence of Stargardt disease (STGD1) and to evaluate demographics of incident cases. METHODS: For this retrospective cohort study, demographic, clinical and genetic data of patients with a clinical diagnosis of STGD1 were registered between September 2010 and January 2020 in a nationwide disease registry. Annual incidence (2014-2018) and point prevalence (2018) were assessed on the basis...
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