Stargardt Disease Overview Stargardt disease (SGD) is the most frequent childhood recessively inherited macular dystrophy. Most patients present with central visual loss in the early teenage years and ophthalmoscopy classically…
Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is a potentially blinding disease characterized by elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) due to dysgenesis of the trabecular meshwork. If left untreated, it leads to optic neuropathy…
What is DNA? Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the basic blueprint for the creation and functioning of an organism. DNA is made up of the nucleotides adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine…
Congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) is a condition that is suspected in young patients with nonprogressive reduced vision, and nyctalopia with a normal appearing fundus. Visual acuity is variable, but…
