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Stargardt disease is also called juvenile macular degeneration, and its main ocular manifestations are bilateral vision decrease and central visual field defects. Three cases are discussed in this section, among which the patient was a descendant from consanguineous marriage in two cases. This phenomenon highlights the importance of the family planning work.
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Fan, N., Liu, X., Wang, J. (2019). The Clinical and Genetic Analysis of Stargardt’s Disease. In: Wang, N., Liu, X., Fan, N. (eds) Optic Disorders and Visual Field. Advances in Visual Science and Eye Diseases, vol 2. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2502-1_22
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