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Autosomal Dominant Stargardt-Like Macular Dystrophy (ELOVL4)

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The autosomal dominant Stargardt-like macular dystrophy is caused by a mutation in the ELOVL4 gene and associates a foveo-macular atrophy with flavimaculatus flecks around the atrophic area.

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  1. Service d’Exploration de la Vision et Neuro-ophtalmologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Hôpital Roger Salengro, Lille Cedex, 59037, France

    Bernard Puech

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, de Pintelaan 185, B9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Jean-Jacques De Laey

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  1. Service d’Exploration de la Vision et Neuro-ophtalmologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Hôpital Roger Salengro, Lille Cedex, France

    Bernard Puech

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

    Jean-Jacques De Laey

  3. Department of Electrophysiology, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    Graham E. Holder

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Puech, B., De Laey, JJ. (2014). Autosomal Dominant Stargardt-Like Macular Dystrophy (ELOVL4). In: Puech, B., De Laey, JJ., Holder, G. (eds) Inherited Chorioretinal Dystrophies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69466-3_30

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