Vitelliform macular dystrophy
Common Name(s)
Vitelliform macular dystrophy, Best disease
Advocacy and Support Organizations
Condition Specific Organizations
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The urgent mission of the Foundation Fighting Blindness is to drive the research that will provide preventions, treatments, and cures for people affected by retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration, Usher syndrome and the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases.
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Advocacy and Support Organizations
Condition Specific Organizations
Following organizations serve the condition "Vitelliform macular dystrophy" for support, advocacy or research.
The urgent mission of the Foundation Fighting Blindness is to drive the research that will provide preventions, treatments, and cures for people affected by retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration, Usher syndrome and the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases.
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Scientific Literature
Articles from the PubMed Database
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The terms "Vitelliform macular dystrophy" returned 42 free, full-text research articles on human participants.
First 3 results:
Journal: Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.). 2017 Apr;37(4):741-748.
To characterize outer retina structure in best vitelliform macular dystrophy (BVMD) and to determine the effect of macular lesions on overlying and adjacent photoreceptors.
Journal: J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. ;28(2):404-406.
Best vitelliform macular dystrophy is the second most common type of hereditary fundus dystrophies. Our case report describes twin brothers of Afghan family who developed Best vitelliform macular dystrophy. One of them developed choroidal neovascularization in one eye which was treated ...
Journal: J Fr Ophtalmol. 2016 Jan;39(1):69-73.
Best's disease is a progressive macular dystrophy, beginning either in childhood or adolescence.
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Reviews from the PubMed Database
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The terms "Vitelliform macular dystrophy" returned 0 free, full-text review articles on human participants.
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Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/BEST2
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/BEST1
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/PRPH2
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/stargardt-macular-degeneration
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/CDH3
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/ABCA4
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/CHST6
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/RAX2
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/age-related-macular-degeneration
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/RP1L1
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/fundus-albipunctatus
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/myotonic-dystrophy
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/ARMS2
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/fuchs-endothelial-dystrophy
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/oculopharyngeal-muscular-dystrophy
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/meesmann-corneal-dystrophy
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/ELOVL4
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/PLEKHA1
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/HMCN1
There are currently no related results available in GeneReviews.
There are currently no related results available in Genetic Testing Registry.
Clinical Trial Information This information is provided by ClinicalTrials.gov
Condition Summary: Eye Diseases Hereditary; Retinal Disease; Achromatopsia; Bardet-Biedl Syndrome; Bassen-Kornzweig Syndrome; Batten Disease; Best Disease; Choroidal Dystrophy; Choroideremia; Cone Dystrophy; Cone-Rod Dystrophy; Congenital Stationary Night Blindness; Enhanced S-Cone Syndrome; Fundus Albipunctatus; Goldmann-Favre Syndrome; Gyrate Atrophy; Juvenile Macular Degeneration; Kearns-Sayre Syndrome; Leber Congenital Amaurosis; Refsum Syndrome; Retinitis Pigmentosa; Retinitis Punctata Albescens; Retinoschisis; Rod-Cone Dystrophy; Rod Dystrophy; Rod Monochromacy; Stargardt Disease; Usher Syndrome

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