Case#: Patient 10, female, Lithuanian, onset at 6yo

DiseaseAssertion: STGD

FamilyInfo:Both parents and older brother healthy; no clinical signs in grandparents or extended family; inheritance most likely autosomal recessive

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000505, HP:0012508, HP:0001105, HP:0025148, HP:0000662

CaseHPOFreeText: progressive central vision loss from age 6; visual acuity dropped from OD=0.3, OS=0.3 to OD=0.08, OS=0.1 over 4 years; fundus examination: yellow pisciform flecks at the maculae; OCT: thin atrophic neurosensory retina in foveal region, altered photoreceptor reflectivity, thinner RPE; ERG: loss of scotopic b-waves, attenuated scotopic a-wave, missing oscillatory potentials, loss of photopic a- and b-waves; “bull’s eye” maculopathy noted

CaseNotHPOs: n/a

CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

Genotyping Method: RetChip v1.0 STGD-module array and confirmation by Sanger sequencing

PreviouslyPublished: n/a

Variant: ABCA4 NM_000350.2 c.1622T>C p.(L541P), NM_000350.2 c.3113C>T p.(A1038V)

CAID: CA226911, CA119135

SupplementalData: clinical images, OCT, ERG, and pedigree information included in supplemental data (Figs. 1–5)

Case#: 32-year old woman, onset in early twenties

DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

FamilyInfo: n/a

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0011462, HP:0011507, HP:0000505, HP:0007722, HP:0030500, HP:0030329, HP:0030610, HP:0000575, HP:0030602

CaseHPOFreeText: Patient’s best-corrected visual acuity was OD: 20/200 and OS: 20/40. Refractive error was OD: −5.25/−0.75 × 4° and OS: −5.75/−0.50 × 133°. Flecks in macular area extended anterior to the vascular arcades and the optic disc in both eyes. Atrophic lesion in the macula with flecks observed across the posterior pole. IS/OS junction loss central macular area bilaterally. Absolute scotoma in left eye (ie total deviation −20 dB). Defect in the RPE/Bruch membrane complex was observed on SD-OCT in both eyes in the central macula. The defects in the RPE-Bruch membrane complex measured OD: 332 um and OS: 266 um in maximum horizontal diameter. Herniation of the retina through these defects into the sub-RPE/choroidal space. Abnormal thickening of the RPE in the parafoveal region. Normal amplitudes and implicit times in both rod and cone photoreceptor systems were detected by ERG.

CaseNotHPOs: HP:0000510, HP:0007984

CaseNotHPOFreeText: Normal amplitudes and implicit times in both rod and cone photoreceptor systems were detected by ERG. There was no evidence of sub-RPE choroidal neovascularization (CNV), pigment epithelial defects (PED) or subretinal fluid.

Genotyping Method: ABCR 600 micro-array chip

PreviouslyPublished: n/a

Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.5714+5G>A

ClinVar: 99403

SupplementalData: n/a

Case#: Female, 69yo, Puerto Rican

DiseaseAssertion: STDG1

FamilyInfo: Parents were first cousins (consanguinity), no other family history reported

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0030603, HP:0007754, HP:0000512, HP:0008020, HP:0000603

CaseHPOFreeText: progressive vision loss, severe reduction in visual acuity (counting fingers at 5’ and 3’), bilateral central scotoma, extensive central macular atrophy, retinal pigment epithelium atrophy and pigment hyperplasia, multifocal retinal atrophy, central hypoautofluorescence with peripheral expansion, reduced macular thickness and volume on OCT, abnormal visual field (marked mean deviation)

CaseNotHPOs: HP:0000510

CaseNotHPOFreeText: normal rod response on full-field electroretinogram

Genotyping Method: Next-generation sequencing (Invitae Corporation, San Francisco, California)

PreviouslyPublished: N/A

Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.5714+5G>A

ClinVar: ClinVarID:99403

CAID: N/A

SupplementalData: N/A

Case#: Patient 66yo, M, Japan, Symptoms in teens

DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt (STGD) Heterozygous, Autosomal recessive

FamilyInfo: No family with similar symptoms

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0008002, HP:0007722, HP:0000610, HP:0000602

CaseHPOFreeText: Ring shaped paracentral scotoma

CaseNotHPOs: HP: 0030329, HP:0000608, HP:0000493

CaseNotHPOFreeText: Well preserved foveal function, well preserved retinal, and normal thickness RPE

Genotyping Method: N/A

PreviouslyPublished: 4 other polymorphisms

Variant: c.839T>C p.Met280Thr Heterozygous

ClinVar: 1349490

SupplementalData: see tables 1 for gene variant and found polymorphisms

Case#:1, 44-year-old man

DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt disease

FamilyInfo: no known family history of an ocular disease

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007663, HP:0007793, HP:0012045, HP:0000603

CaseHPOFreeText: gradual, relatively recent decreased visual acuity in the right eye, some pigment mottling in both maculae and ‘fish-tail'-like retinal flecks, central relative scotoma

CaseNotHPOs:

CaseNotHPOFreeText:

Genotyping Method: “Analysis of the entire coding region of the ABCA4 gene”

PreviouslyPublished: NR

Variant: NM_000350.3:c.191C>T

ClinVar:2733951

CAID:CA341285580

SupplementalData:

Case#:3, 34–year-old woman

DiseaseAssertion:NR

FamilyInfo: no family history of an ocular disease

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007663, HP:0030506, HP:0030528, HP:0000603

CaseHPOFreeText:bilateral markedly decreased vision (logMar BCVA OD:0.93, OS:0.95), bilateral atrophic lesions of the macula accompanied by yellow-white stellate flecks at the level of the retinal pigment epithelium, Atrophic lesions and flecks were also extending to the mid-periphery of both retinae, bilateral absolute central scotoma and relative paracentral scotomas as well in both eyes, PERG was significantly reduced, while scotopic and photopic amplitudes were also lower than normal.

CaseNotHPOs:

CaseNotHPOFreeText:NR

Genotyping Method: “Analysis of the ABCA4 gene”

PreviouslyPublished: No

Variant: NM_000350.3:c.5882G>A, NM_000350.3:c.6709dup

ClinVar: ​​7888, 99485

CAID: CA119132, CA227437

SupplementalData:

Case#: Patient 66yo, M, Japan, Symptoms in teens

DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt (STGD) Heterozygous, Autosomal recessive

FamilyInfo: No family with similar symptoms

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0008002, HP:0007722, HP:0000610, HP:0000602

CaseHPOFreeText: Ring shaped paracentral scotoma

CaseNotHPOs: HP: 0030329, HP:0000608, HP:0000493

CaseNotHPOFreeText: Well preserved foveal function, well preserved retinal, and normal thickness RPE

Genotyping Method: N/A

PreviouslyPublished: 4 other polymorphisms

Variant: c.839T>C p.Met280Thr Heterozygous

ClinVar: 1349490

SupplementalData: see tables 1 for gene variant and found polymorphisms

Case#: 1 male, 6 years old, from Taiwanese and Korean decent.

DiseaseAssertion: ABCA4-related retinopathy Stargardt disease

FamilyInfo: Single affected individual. Paternal uncle presented with Stargart disease previously, and Taiwanese and Korean descent underwent genetic testing to identify two pathogenic variants in the ABCA4 gene. One of the variants found was the same ABCA4 variant from the originally affected individual. No additional family information is provided in text.

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000529 - progressive visual loss, HP:0025010 - Foveal atrophy, HP:0000603 - Central scotoma, HP:0007663 - Decreased visual acuity, HP:0030602 - Abnormal fundus autofluorescence imaging, HP:0007984 - ERG: Reduced dark-adapted b-wave amplitude, HP:0000512 - Abnormal electroretinogram, HP:0020032 - Hyperreflective retinal dots on OCT

CaseHPOFreeText: peripapillary sparing was observed on fundus autofluorescence imaging.

CaseNotHPOs: HP:0012045 - Retinal flecks

CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

Genotyping Method: Genetic testing was used and after sequencing two variants were found on the ABCA4 gene.

PreviouslyPublished: N/A

Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.3523-2A>G

Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.2249T>C (p.Leu750Pro)

ClinVar: Variation ID: 866764

ClinVar: Variation ID: 417984

CAID: N/A

SupplementalData: N/A

Case#: Patient female, 10y, ethnicity not reported

DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt disease (STGD1), early onset

FamilyInfo: autosomal recessive inheritance; co-segregation of variants in parents (each heterozygous). Pedigree shown in Figure 1A. One unaffected sibling reported.

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007663, HP:0007754, HP:0002587, HP:0030636, HP:0000548

CaseHPOFreeText: early-onset visual decline (age 7), symmetric disease in both eyes, hyperautofluorescent ring surrounding macular atrophy, lipofuscin accumulation, photoreceptor degeneration.

CaseNotHPOs: HP:0007707

CaseNotHPOFreeText: normal anterior segment on slit lamp exam; no external ocular abnormalities reported.

Genotyping Method: Sanger sequencing confirmation; variant identification likely via next-generation sequencing (not explicitly stated).

PreviouslyPublished: n/a

Variant: ABCA4 NM_000350.2: c.6817-713A>G; c.3259G>A (p.Glu1087Lys)

ClinVar: n/a

CAID: CA2837995439, CA227097

SupplementalData: phenotype and validation data in Figures 1–5 and Supplemental Figures S1–S5

Case#: Patient 24, male, Caucasian, onset at 50yo, Germany

DiseaseAssertion: STGD

FamilyInfo: co-segregation of variant in 2 family members (siblings) but they do not appear to be affected based on pedigree

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0030528, HP:0000505, HP:0012508, HP:0001105, HP:0025148

CaseHPOFreeText: progressive paracentral scotoma OU, progressive visual impairment OU (blurry vision). BCVA: OD-0.1, OS-0.22. Tension: 13mmHg/14mmHg. FAF: bilateral hyperautofluorescent macular and peripapillary spots, few spots of paracentral retinal atrophy (foveal sparing). Autofluorescence and deposits (severity): deposits medium, atrophy low. OCT: hyperreflective spots, partially invading into the outer retina, partly confluent lesions of cRORA, foveal sparing, degenerative intraretinal fluid. Central macular thickness: 328µm/322µm. Macular volume: 9.31mm³/9.00mm³. mfERG: bilateral amplitudes in normal range, slight relative reduction in the paracentral areas. Fluorescein angiography: bilateral dark choroid, mild paracentral dye pooling in the late phase. Color vision: Inconspicuous. Clinical examination: pattern-like distribution of the lesions.

CaseNotHPOs: n/a

CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

GenotypingMethod: WES, in-house RD-associated gene panel including 619 candidates and disease-associated genes

PreviouslyPublished: n/a

Variant: ABCA4 NM_000350.2 c.[6601_6602delAG] (p.Arg2201fs);[=], c.[4253+43G>A] p.Ile1377Hisfs3;[=]

CAID: CA227421; CA227172

SupplementalData: phenotype and segregation info in supplemental data (table s1, figure s1)