Why the study?
Do adipose and red blood cell membrane lipids correlate with the severity of dominant Stargardt macular dystrophy (STGD3) secondary to an ELOVL4 mutation?
Do adipose and red blood cell membrane lipids correlate with the severity of dominant Stargardt macular dystrophy (STGD3) secondary to an ELOVL4 mutation?
Dietary factors, specifically long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, may influence the phenotypic severity of inherited Stargardt macular dystrophy.
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No practice change in STGD3; hypothesis-generating for whether EPA/DHA supplementation modifies ELOVL4-related severity.
Amy F. Hubbard (2006) studied this question.
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