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Best Macular Dystrophy in a Nigerian: A Case Report
Best macular dystrophy is reported to be rare in Africans. It is a hereditary disease that starts in childhood and progresses through some stages before visual symptoms occur. This case report presents a 43-year-old Nigerian with the disease and stresses the importance of regular eye exams of patien...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383249/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22740832 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000339623 |
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| author | S. Oluleye, Tunji |
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| description | Best macular dystrophy is reported to be rare in Africans. It is a hereditary disease that starts in childhood and progresses through some stages before visual symptoms occur. This case report presents a 43-year-old Nigerian with the disease and stresses the importance of regular eye exams of patients and relatives to detect changes such as choroidal neovascular membrane amenable to treatment. |
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| spelling | pubmed-33832492012-06-27 Best Macular Dystrophy in a Nigerian: A Case Report S. Oluleye, Tunji Case Rep Ophthalmol Published online: June, 2012 Best macular dystrophy is reported to be rare in Africans. It is a hereditary disease that starts in childhood and progresses through some stages before visual symptoms occur. This case report presents a 43-year-old Nigerian with the disease and stresses the importance of regular eye exams of patients and relatives to detect changes such as choroidal neovascular membrane amenable to treatment. S. Karger AG 2012-06-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3383249/ /pubmed/22740832 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000339623 Text en Copyright © 2012 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions. |
| spellingShingle | Published online: June, 2012 S. Oluleye, Tunji Best Macular Dystrophy in a Nigerian: A Case Report |
| title | Best Macular Dystrophy in a Nigerian: A Case Report |
| title_full | Best Macular Dystrophy in a Nigerian: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Best Macular Dystrophy in a Nigerian: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Best Macular Dystrophy in a Nigerian: A Case Report |
| title_short | Best Macular Dystrophy in a Nigerian: A Case Report |
| title_sort | best macular dystrophy in a nigerian: a case report |
| topic | Published online: June, 2012 |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383249/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22740832 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000339623 |
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