Swiss Family with Dominant Stargardt Disease Caused by a Recurrent Mutation in the ELOVL4 Gene

H. V. Tran; E. Moret; V. Vaclavik; F. Marcelli; M. M. Abitbol; F. L. Munier; D. F. Schorderet

doi:10.1055/s-0042-102585

Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2016; 233(04): 475-477
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-102585

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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Swiss Family with Dominant Stargardt Disease Caused by a Recurrent Mutation in the ELOVL4 Gene

Rekurrente ELOVL4 Genmutation verursacht dominante Stargardt-Krankheit in einer Schweizer Familie

H. V. Tran^*

¹Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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E. Moret^*

²IRO-Institute for Research in Ophthalmology, Sion, Switzerland

³Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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V. Vaclavik

¹Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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F. Marcelli

²IRO-Institute for Research in Ophthalmology, Sion, Switzerland

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M. M. Abitbol

⁴Department of Ophthalmology of Necker-Enfants-Malades, University Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France

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F. L. Munier

¹Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

²IRO-Institute for Research in Ophthalmology, Sion, Switzerland

³Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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D. F. Schorderet

¹Jules-Gonin Eye Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

²IRO-Institute for Research in Ophthalmology, Sion, Switzerland

³Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

⁵EPFL-Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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