Before revision: It is a non-progressive disorder which is characterized by an abnormal development of the macula, multiple drusen, photoreceptor cells atrophy, and central vision URL This disease was named after the U.S. state North Carolina due to the fact that the first people to be diagnosed with this disorder were members of a four-generation Irish-American family in North Carolina, since then, Latin American, European, and Asian families have been reported in medical literature to have this UR
After revision: This condition is caused by mutations in the MCDR1 gene, in chromosome URLIt is a non-progressive disorder which is characterized by an abnormal development of the macula, multiple drusen, photoreceptor cells atrophy, and central vision URL This disease was named after the U.S. state North Carolina due to the fact that the first people to be diagnosed with this disorder were members of a four-generation Irish-American family in North Carolina, since then, Latin American, European, and Asian families have been reported in medical literature to have this UR