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    1. A 60-year-old man presented with right eye blurry vision for two years.

      Case #: Male, 60 years old

      DiseaseAssertion: He was diagnosed with late-onset Stargardts disease.

      FamilyInfo: Has a family history with his father possibly having macular degeneration.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007401, HP:0025010, HP:0012045 (sub-retinal/yellow), HP:0030602

      CaseHPOFreeText: Proband presents with blurry vision (right eye) from over the past two years, with the right eye having 20/40 vision, while the left was 20/20. In addition to this, through dilation scattered subretinal yellow flecks and macular atrophy bilaterally, were revealed. The flecks were hyperautofluorescent. Obscuration of background choroidal fluorescence and window defects were also found. As well as foveal atrophy and hyperreflective deposits (RPE).

      CaseNotHPOs: None found

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: No abnormalities in the anterior segment examination. Through a full-field electroretinogram, normal rod and cone responses were found.

      Genotyping Method: The genotyping was done through the use of target enrichment and next-generation sequencing.

      PreviouslyPublished: N/a

      Variant: 1) NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.5461-10T>C 2) NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.5603A>T (p.Asn1868Ile)

      ClinVar: 1) 92870 2) 99390

      CAID: N/a

      gnomAD: 1) Highest minor allele frequency was 0.00031 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/92870/) 2) Highest minor allele frequency was 0.05787 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/99390/)

      SupplementalData: I was able to find a variant (NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.[5461-10T>C;5603A>T]) that addresses both of the variants. Also, Fig.1 shows the phenotype of the proband through tests.

    1. Case#: Female, 6 years old, presenting with vision loss and behavioral changes.

      Disease Assertion: After testing she was diagnosed with Stargardt disease

      FamilyInfo: No family history of vision loss in childhood

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000572, HP:0000708, HP:0007988, HP:0008001, HP:0030609

      CaseHPOFreeText: Showed changes in behavior through increased reliance on parents, and "Over the past six months, she had become increasingly emotional, anxious, frustrated, with difficulty concentrating on simple tasks". Additionally, beyond just the visual loss, she presented with 20/200 OU on her visual acuity test, as well as 1/14 Ishihara color plates with either eye. She also would overlook the top of objects, showed retinal arteriolar narrowing, had degeneration in the ellipsoid zone, and multiple hyperreflective granular deposits.

      CaseNotHPOs: HP:0000648, HP:0000486, HP:0000639, HP:0000613, HP:0001336, HP:0011145 (just seizures in general, this was the closest I could find)

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Beyond the HPOs above, she also demonstrated a lack of seizures and had no other neurologic dysfunction. Additionally, she demonstrated brisk pupillary responses without paradoxical pupillary constriction to darkness. She also had normal results for the slip lamp biomicroscopy and tonometry.

      CasePreviousTesting: Previously tested for myoclonus, seizures, and neurologic dysfunction with no history of any (did not describe the testing methods for such).

      Genotyping Method: Although the genetic testing came up negative in relation to neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis and the mutations associated, Stargardt disease was confirmed through whole genome sequencing. This revealed "compound heterozygosity for 2 pathogenic variants in the ABCA4 gene (c.3007 C > T p.Q1003X and c768 G > T PV256 = )".

      Previously Published: n/a

      Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.3007C>T (p.Gln1003Ter) & NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.768G>T (p.Val256=)

      ClinVarID: 4538557 & 99505

      CAID: n/a

      gnomAD: For the first ID the data for this one was absent from gnomAD (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/4538557/?term=%22NM_000350.3(ABCA4)%3Ac.3007C%3ET+(p.Gln1003Ter)%22%5BVARNAME%5D). While the other ID had the minor allele frequency of 0.00009 (highest compared to others available) (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/99505/?term=%22NM_000350.3(ABCA4)%3Ac.768G%3ET%22%5BVARNAME%5D+AND+%22(p.Val256%3D)%22%5BVARNAME%5D)

      Supplemental Data: Introduction was section in this article that discusses symptoms present as well as the re-diagnosis of Stargardt after the initial incorrect diagnosis of Batten disease. Additionally, Fig.1, Fig.2, and Fig.3 showed some of the phenotypes that appeared with this patient's condition.