Novel variants of ABCA4 in Han Chinese families with Stargardt disease

Abstract 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...

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Main Authors: Fang-Yuan Hu, Feng-Juan Gao, Jian-kang Li, Ping Xu, Dan-Dan Wang, Sheng-Hai Zhang, Ji-Hong Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:BMC Medical Genetics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12881-020-01152-5