Etiqueta: stargardt’s

Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy is the most common form of genetic juvenile macular degeneration. Manifestation of the condition begins in late childhood, leading to legal blindness. It is symptomatically similar to age-related macular degeneration, and it affects approximately one in 10,000 children.  Olympic and Paralympic skier Brian McKeever is the best-known victim of the disease, which…