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Progressive bifocal chorioretinal atrophy
Disease definition
Progressive bifocal chorioretinal atrophy (PBCRA) is an early-onset chorioretinal dystrophy characterized by large atrophic macular and nasal retinal lesions, nystagmus, myopia, poor vision, and slow disease progression.
ORPHA:75373
Classification level: DisorderSummary
Epidemiology
It has been described in two large families.
Etiology
Transmission is autosomal dominant and the causative gene has been mapped to a region on chromosome 6q, close to the macular dystrophy retinal 1 (MCDR1) locus.
A summary on this disease is available in Deutsch (2006) Español (2006) Français (2006) Italiano (2006) Nederlands (2006)
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