DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Human genes for Sorsby's fundus dystrophy

Sorsby's fundus dystrophy [DOID:0090114]

A hereditary retinal dystrophy that is characterized by loss of central vision as a result of macular disease by the fourth to fifth decade and peripheral visual loss in late life, and that has_material_basis_in autosomal dominant inheritance of heterozygous mutation in the TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 3 (TIMP3) gene on chromosome 22q12.

Synonyms:  Sorsby's fundus dystrophy,  DOID:0090114,  Sorsbys fundus dystrophy,  hemorrhagic macular dystrophy,  pseudoinflammatory fundus dystrophy of Sorsby ...