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Pattern dystrophies of the retinal pigment epithelium
Peter G Swann1, H Barry Collin, Aphrodite Livanes
1School of Optometry, Queensland University of Technology Kelvin Grove, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, 4059, Australia.
Clinical & Experimental Optometry
|December 11, 2002
Abstract:
We describe a family that shows autosomal dominant pattern dystrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium. There were 10 affected family members encompassing three generations. The various manifestations of these dystrophies, their inheritance characteristics, affects on vision function and their pathogenesis are discussed.