Article
Stargardt disease: linkage to the ABCR gene region on 1p21-p22 in Scandinavian families.
Acta ophthalmologica Scandinavica - 1 Dec 1998
Arnell H, Mäntyjärvi M, Tuppurainen K, Andréasson S, Dahl N
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Stargardt disease (STGD) or fundus flavimaculatus (FFM) is one of the most frequent causes of macular degeneration in childhood. The disease is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait and the corresponding gene has been localized to chromosome 1p21-22 and subsequently identified as...
Topics
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
- DNA
- Female
- Finland
- Genetic Linkage
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Lod Score
- Macular Degeneration
- Male
- Pedigree
- Sweden