Mutation Spectrum of the ABCA4 Gene in a Greek Cohort with Stargardt Disease: Identification of Novel Mutations and Evidence of Three Prevalent Mutated Alleles.
Kamakari SmaragdaKokkinou VassilikiKoutsodontis GeorgeStamatiou PolixeniGiatzakis ChristoforosAnastasakis AnastasiosAslanides Ioannis MinasKoukoula StavreniaPanagiotoglou TheoniDatseris IoannisTsilimbaris K MiltiadisPublished in: Journal of ophthalmology (2018)
By using a combination of methods, we completely molecularly diagnosed 48 of the 59 patients studied. In addition, we identified six previously unreported, potentially pathogenic ABCA4 mutations.