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My wife and i are carriers for starsgart disease. what does that mean for my unborn daughter and young son? how long will we have to wait to have them

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Dr. Ira Friedlander answered

Specializes in Cardiac Electrophysiology

It depends a bit on: your exact genetic defect however 95% of Starsgart disease is autosomal recessive inheritance so each child has a 1/4 chance of getting the disease. It usually does not manifest until adolescence and patients rarely go blind with it. Here is a link to tell you more https://nei.nih.gov/health/stargardt/star_facts

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Answered 11/1/2017

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