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Retina and optic nerve

Best disease

1:417 visual cues1 clinical photo

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  1. BEST bannerBest disease
  2. Parent with dominoAutosomal dominant inheritance
  3. VMD2 family crestVMD2 gene affected
  4. Child + chartPresents in childhood; Good visual acuity maintained
  5. Egg yolk to scrambled eggVitelliform lesion to atrophic appearance
  6. Red ball binCNVM in 20% of patients
  7. ERG / EOGERG normal; EOG always abnormal
  8. ReviewEvery marker, in order

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  1. Lucia Ambrosio, Tatiana Perepelkina, Abdelrahman M. Elhusseiny, Anne B. Fulton, Jose Efren Gonzalez Monroy (2025). Advancing Insights into Pediatric Macular Diseases: A Comprehensive Review.

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