title: [Hereditary retinal diseases].
abstract: Hereditary retinal dystrophies can be subdivised into central (macular) and peripheral degenerations. Stargardt disease, Best disease, cone dystrophy and retinoschisis, affecting children or young adults, are the 4 commonest macular dystrophies. Retinitis pigmentosa, with primary affects photoreceptors, presents a wide clinical, genetic and molecular heterogeneity. It is certainly the most representative cause of peripheral degeneration. Recent advances in molecular biology allow a more complete clinical definition of these inheritable retinal diseases.
authors.affiliation: Clinique ophtalmologique universitaire de Créteil.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Souied
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Soubrane
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Coscas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003317:Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics
vernacular_title: Maladies héréditaires de la rétine.