- Stargardt disease (macular degeneration)
- Star·gardt disease (macular degeneration) (shtahrґgahrt) [Karl Bruno Stargardt, German ophthalmologist, 1875–1927] see under disease.
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Stargardt disease (macular degeneration)
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