Malattia leventinese means: Robert Walter Doyne (1857-1916), an Oxford-based ophthalmologist, first reported the condition clinically in 1899. You may also know it as Doyne honeycomb radial dystrophy (DHRD) and autosomal dominant radiol drusen.
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What else does Malattia leventinese mean?
Malattia leventinese can be inherited autosomally dominant. This is caused by a single mutation, Arg345Trp at FBLN3, which encodes the protein fibulin. EFEMP1 is another name for this gene.
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Malattia Leventinese is a hereditary type of macular disease that causes progressive, irreversible vision loss. The first signs of this disease are small, round, white spots that appear in young adulthood, especially in the retina’s macula. These spots then progress into a honeycomb-like pattern.
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