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SUBMITTER: Liu A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4196247 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Aihua A Lin Yanhua Y Terry Ryan R Nelson Kelly K Bernstein Paul S PS
Clinical lipidology 20110101 5
Macular degeneration is a progressive, bilateral eye disorder that damages the macula of the human eye. The most common form of macular degeneration is age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in people older than 50 years in developed countries. Autosomal dominant Stargardt disease-3 (STGD3) is an inherited macular dystrophy that has clinical features similar to dry AMD, but occurs at a much earlier age. It is caused by a mutation in the elong ...[more]