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Inherited retinal venous beading is a rare autosomal disorder. We describe three affected members in three generations of a single family. It is evident that there may be gross asymmetry of affection between the two eyes, and highly variable expressivity such that the diagnosis may not be evident without a family survey. One patient had remarkable spontaneous recovery of vision.
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Piguet, B., Gross-Jendroska, M., Holz, F. et al. Inherited venous beading. Eye 8, 84–88 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1994.16
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1994.16