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Human genes for vitelliform macular dystrophy

Vitelliform macular dystrophy [DOID:0050661]

A macular degeneration that it is characterized by the disruption of cells in a small area near the center of the retina, the macula and may cause progressive vision loss.

Synonyms:  vitelliform macular dystrophy,  DOID:0050661,  vitelliform macular dystrophies,  Best disease,  Best macular dystrophy ...

Linkouts:  OMIM #1 #2 #3

The disease-gene associations are derived from automatic text mining of the biomedical literature, manually curated database annotations, cancer mutation data, and genome-wide association studies. The confidence of each association is signified by stars, where ★★★★★ is the highest confidence and ★☆☆☆☆ is the lowest.

Developed by Sune Frankild, Alexander Junge, Albert Pallejà, Dhouha Grissa, Kalliopi Tsafou, and Lars Juhl Jensen from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research.