# vitelliform macular dystrophy

> macular degeneration that can cause progressive vision loss, it is characterized by the disruption of cells in a small area near the center of the retina, the macula

**Wikidata**: [Q830265](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q830265)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitelliform_macular_dystrophy)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/vitelliform-macular-dystrophy


## References

1. Disease Ontology
2. Human Phenotype Ontology release 2018-03-08
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29
5. Frequency and Clinical Pattern of Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy Caused by Mutations of Interphotoreceptor Matrix IMPG1 and IMPG2 Genes
6. Mutations in IMPG1 cause vitelliform macular dystrophies.
7. Mutations in the human retinal degeneration slow (RDS) gene can cause either retinitis pigmentosa or macular dystrophy
8. Identification of the gene responsible for Best macular dystrophy
9. [Identifiers.org](https://registry.identifiers.org/registry/doid)