Bietti crystalline dystrophy

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Name:
Bietti crystalline dystrophy
Description:
A rare progressive autosomal recessive tapetoretinal degeneration disease, occurring in the third decade of life, characterized by small sparkling crystalline deposits in the posterior retina and corneal limbus in addition to sclerosis of the choroidal vessels and manifesting as nightblindness, decreased vision, paracentral scotoma, and, in the end stages of the disease, legal blindness.
ORPHAcode:
41751
Synonyms:
BCD
Bietti crystalline corneoretinal dystrophy
Bietti crystalline retinopathy
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Created:
13 May 2019 - 01:02
Changed:
22 Jun 2023 - 16:14