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Stargardt's disease is an autosomal recessively inherited dystrophy of the macula. Rarely, autosomal dominant forms have been described. In the recessive form of Stargardt's disease, the ABCR gene, felt by some to be mapped to the short arm of chromosome 1, has been identified as the causative agent.
The autosomal dominant form of the condition has been mapped to chromosome 6. The term fundus flavimaculatus refers to the yellow fleck-like deposits which are typically seen in this condition, and at one time, Stargardt's disease and fundus flavimaculatus were thought to be separate entities.
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