stargardt's in A Sentence

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    In late stages of Stargardt's, color vision also may be lost.

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    In some cases, signs of Stargardt's disease appear in early childhood;

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    Stargardt's, the most common type of macular dystrophy, which usually occurs in childhood.

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    Acucela is another company with a drug candidate for Stargardt's disease in Phase II clinical trials.

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    For example, a child with Stargardt's may need to use large print books and special devices that magnify print.

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    But a person with Stargardt's(particularly the fundus flavimaculatus version of the disease) may reach middle age before vision problems are noticed.

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    Other research suggests aggregation or"clumping" of vitamin A in the retina may be associated both with Stargardt's disease and age-related macular degeneration(AMD).

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    While macular degeneration generally is associated with aging eyes, an inherited form known as Stargardt's disease can affect children and young adults.

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    Also, you can't predict how much vision a child may lose to Stargardt's disease based on the affected parent's vision loss.

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    While Macular Degeneration is normally associated with ageing eyes, an inherited form known as Stargardt's disease can affect children and young adults.

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    Vision loss from Stargardt's generally begins to show up within the first 20 years of a young person's life, particularly in early childhood.

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    Stargardt's disease also called fundus flavimaculatus or Stargardt's macular dystrophy SMD, affects approximately one in 10,000 people and is characterized by central vision loss.

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    Researchers have found that about 5 percent of people carry gene mutations that cause inherited retinal diseases such as Stargardt's disease and retinitis pigmentosa.

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    If you have Stargardt ⁣'s, your eye doctor also may suggest that you wear eyeglasses with specially tinted lenses to block certain wavelengths of light.

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    Stargardt's is an inherited disease passed along to children, when both parents carry mutations of a gene associated with vitamin A processing in the eye.

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    Stargardt's disease- also called fundus flavimaculatus or Stargardt's macular dystrophy(SMD)- affects approximately one in 10,000 people and is characterized by central vision loss early in life.

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    (Some researchers believe a distinction should be made between Stargardt's disease and fundus flavimaculatus, because they say each describes a different variant of the eye disease.).

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    In July 2010, the FDA authorized a small, implantable device that magnifies images onto the retina to improve central vision harmed by AMD or Stargardt's macular dystrophy.

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    In July 2010, the FDA approved a tiny, implantable device that magnifies images onto the retina to improve central vision damaged by AMD or Stargardt's macular dystrophy.

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    However, the inheritance pattern of Stargardt's is variable, and it's possible for up to half of the children of a single affected parent to develop the condition.

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    One of the most common forms of macular dystrophy is Stargardt's disease, which accounts for about 7 percent of all macular dystrophy cases and commonly occurs in childhood.*.

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    Because vision loss often appears in young children with Stargardt's, low vision counseling from your eye doctor is essential to make sure that classroom learning is not hampered.

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    The American Macular Degeneration Foundation recommends that people with Stargardt's or a history of the eye disease in close family members obtain genetic counseling before starting their own families.

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    While there is no known treatment for Stargardt's disease at this time, people with the condition often are advised to wear eyeglasses or sunglasses that block 100 percent of UV light to reduce the possibility of additional eye damage caused by the sun.

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