What is hereditary macular degeneration?
Hereditary macular degeneration, better known as juvenile macular degneration (JMD) is suspected when MD occurs in more than one relatively young member of a family, and in more than one generation of that family, where the genetic relationships of the affected members is consistent with the rules of inheritance of genes. Hereditary forms of macular degeneration, which affect children and young adults, are much less common than age-related macular degeneration.
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