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Observational studyGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2016

Retinal structure in young patients aged 10 years or less with Best vitelliform macular dystrophy.

Patrik Schatz, Dror Sharon, Sermed Al-Hamdani, Sten Andréasson, Michael Larsen

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Observational study in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Patrik SchatzDepartment of Ophthalmology, Clinical Sciences, Scane County University Hospital, University of Lund, 22185, Lund, Sweden. patrik.schatz@med.lu.se.
Dror SharonDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Sermed Al-HamdaniDepartment of Ophthalmology, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark.
Sten AndréassonDepartment of Ophthalmology, Clinical Sciences, Scane County University Hospital, University of Lund, 22185, Lund, Sweden.
Michael LarsenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark.
Hadassah Medical Center · ILKennedy Center · DKUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeOur aim was to analyze retinal structure in young patients with Best disease with reference to future gene therapy.

methodsThis was a retrospective observational spectral domain optical coherence tomography study of four patients aged 10 years or less with Best disease.

resultsFindings ranged from subtle thickening at the level of the retinal pigment epithelium-photoreceptor interdigitation line, to subretinal fluid and precipitate-like changes at the level of the photoreceptor outer segments, and further to choroidal neovascularization. The photoreceptor inner segment ellipsoid layer could be visualized seemingly undisturbed above the vitelliform lesions, except in the case of choroidal neovascularization.

conclusionsClinical variability is evident even among young patients aged 10 years or less with Best disease. The earliest structural alterations seem to occur at the level of the retinal pigment epithelium-photoreceptor interdigitation line. The photoreceptor inner segment seems to be unaffected unless choroidal neovascularization develops, which seems promising regarding future gene therapy.

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Angiogenesis InhibitorsBestrophinsChildChloride ChannelsEye ProteinsFluorescein AngiographyHumansMaleMutationPhotochemotherapyPhotoreceptor Cells, VertebrateRanibizumabRetinaRetinal Pigment EpitheliumRetrospective StudiesTomography, Optical CoherenceAngiogenesis InhibitorsBEST1 protein, humanBestrophinsChloride ChannelsEye ProteinsRanibizumabVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVEGFA protein, humanBEST1Best vitelliform macular dystrophyOptical coherence tomographyRetinal degeneration

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