Case#: 1 male, 24 years old, from consanguineous parents, Somali ancestry.

DiseaseAssertion: ABCA4-related retinopathy Stargardt disease

FamilyInfo: Single affected individual consanguineous parents, Somali ancestry. No additional information about family is provided in text.

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000572- reduced central vision, HP:0001102- Angioid streaks, HP:0007980- retinal pigment epithelium atrophy, HP:0007401- Macular atrophy, HP:0000630- Abnormal retinal arterial/arteriolar morphology

CaseHPOFreeText: Presents with reduced central vision, Fundus autofluorescence (FAF) showed angioid streaks, reduced signal in the central macula indicative of retinal pigment epithelium atrophy. Electrophysiological testing showed severe macular dysfunction with generalized retinal involvement.

CaseNotHPOs: HP:0200070- Peripheral retinal atrophy

CaseNotHPOFreeText: Peripheral retina appears unaffected after ultra-widefield FAF imaging

Genotyping Method: PCR-amplification and Sanger sequencing of ABCA4 on Exon 42, Stargardt/Macular dystrophy SmartPanel v5; Molecular Vision Laboratory, Hillsboro, Oregon tested DNA for mutations which confirmed findings of ABCA4, with no additional pathogenic mutations found.

PreviouslyPublished: PMID: 22261738, 1 male, 24 years old, from consanguineous parents, Somali ancestry presenting with reduced vision.

Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.5882G>A (p.Gly1961Glu)

ClinVar: Variation ID: 7888

CAID: N/A

SupplementalData: N/A

Case#: Case 6, Sex:Female, Age:34

DiseaseAssertion: STGD

FamilyInfo: n/a

CasePresentingHPOs: n/a

CaseHPOFreeText: Clinical Notes: Classic Stargardt. General notes: participant had classic features of STGD and field ERG showed abnormal cone responses with preserved rod function.

CaseNotHPOs:n/a

CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

Genotyping Method: Exome sequencing data generation. Additional sequencing targeted amplification fo PRPH2 and ELOVL4 using PCR.

PreviouslyPublished: n/a

Variant: ABCA4, NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.2966T>C (p.Val989Ala)

ClinVar: Variation ID: 99180

SupplementalData: Proband variant information given in Table 1.

Case#: Female, age 44 years old

DiseaseAssertion: Discordant STGD phenotype

FamilyInfo: Information revolving the sister of this patient is given as well as they both have a discordant STGD phenotype. Additionally, it mentions that the parents each harboured a mutation but were asymptomatic/had normal examination results.

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0001141, HP:0007401, HP:0030602

CaseHPOFreeText: At 23 central vision was deteriorating and patient had a VA of 6/36 in the right eye and 6/60 in the left. Through fundus photography, bilateral yellow/white flecks were found at the posterior pole. 12 years later, her VA was retested and it was 6/60 in both eyes. After autofluorescnece (AF) imaging was done, there was localized low signal at the macula found with abnromal foci. In 2008 her macular atrophy had enlarged and the flecks were less apparent.

CaseNotHPOs: N/a

CaseNotHPOFreeText: In this article there was not a phenotype presented that was normal.

CasePreviousTesting: It mentioned that there were two previously reported variants on the same allele detected in the siblings and one unique novel variant on the second allele for this patient. However, the testing they used was not listed, it just stated that the variants were found through sequencing. For this patient the variants were p.L541P/p.A1038V and p.R881C.

GenotypingMethod: Just mentioned sequencing and ABCA4 screening to look for two variants p.L541V and p.A1038V and a third novel variant p.R881C.

PreviouslyPublished: N/a

Variant: 1) NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.1622T>C (p.Leu541Pro) 2) NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.3113C>T (p.Ala1038Val) 3) N/a

ClinVar ID: 1) 99067 2) 7894 3) N/a

**CAID: ** 3) Because there was not a reference or alternate allele provided in this article I was unable to find a CAID for p.R881C.

gnomAD: 1) Highest minor allele frequency was 0.00017 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/99067/) 2) Highest minor allele frequency was 0.00188 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/7894/) 3) N/a

SupplementalData: Figure 1 had information regarding imaging and other testing done on the patient that is vital for phenotypic characterization. Also, it mentions a variant known as p.R881C, but was unable to find anything on ClinVar or gnomAD.

Case#: Case1, Sex:Female, Age:35

DiseaseAssertion: STGD

FamilyInfo: n/a

CasePresentingHPOs: n/a

CaseHPOFreeText: Clinical Notes: the patient reported an ocular trauma in the right eye, which required hospitalization and caused sudden loss of vision at the age of 9 years. In 1998, at our first observation, visual acuity was 20/1,000 in the right eye and 20/600 in the left eye.

CaseNotHPOs:n/a

CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

Genotyping Method: genetic analysis

PreviouslyPublished: n/a

Variant: Variant is a heterozygous mutation given as (N965S/G1961E); NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.2894A>G (p.Asn965Ser) /NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.5882G>A (p.Gly1961Glu)

ClinVar: Variation ID: 236096 / Variation ID: 7888

SupplementalData: n/a

Case#: Case 3, Sex: Male, Age:21

DiseaseAssertion: STGD

FamilyInfo: n/a

CasePresentingHPOs:

CaseHPOFreeText: Text mentions BCVA of 20/200 in both eyes. Pigmentary changes in macula associated with flecks, small inferior juxta-papillar area of subretinal fibrosis in right eye, left eye legion localized in posterior pole macula temporally. Instable fixation in right eye. Low retinal mean sensitivity in both eyes.

CaseNotHPOs:n/a

CaseNotHPOFreeText: Healthy ocular adnexa and specular transparent and 'in situ' lens. Visual acuity stable. Stable fixation in left eye.

Genotyping Method: genetic analysis

PreviouslyPublished: n/a

Variant: Variant is a heterozygous mutation given as NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.3212C>T (p.Ser1071Leu) / NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.667A>C (p.Lys223Gln) / NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.3607G>A (p.Gly1203Arg)

ClinVar: Variation ID: 99208 / Variation ID: 845426/ Variation ID: 417989

SupplementalData: n/a

Case#: Somali origin, 11 years of age, onset age 8

DiseaseAssertion: STGD

FamilyInfo: Parents were heterozygous for Arg212Cys, asymptoamtic 32 year old father was found to be homozygous for Gly1961Glu

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0011504, ORPHA:827, HP:0000608

CaseHPOFreeText: BCVA 20/70 and 20/80, atrophic zone of outer retinal and RPE atrophy, Bull's Eye Maculopathy, Macular atrophy

CaseNotHPOs: N/a

CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/a

Genotyping Method: Whole genome sequencing

PreviouslyPublished: N/a

Variant: NM_000350.3:c.5882G>A p.(Gly1961Glu) ; NM_000350.3:c.634C>T p.(Arg212Cys)

ClinVar: 7888; 7898

CAID: CA119132, CA203216

SupplementalData: N/a

Case#: Patient 66yo, M, Japan, Symptoms in teens

DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt (STGD) Heterozygous, Autosomal recessive

FamilyInfo: No family with similar symptoms

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0008002, HP:0007722, HP:0000610, HP:0000602

CaseHPOFreeText: Ring shaped paracentral scotoma

CaseNotHPOs: HP: 0030329, HP:0000608, HP:0000493

CaseNotHPOFreeText: Well preserved foveal function, well preserved retinal, and normal thickness RPE

Genotyping Method: N/A

PreviouslyPublished: 4 other polymorphisms

Variant: c.839T>C p.Met280Thr Heterozygous

ClinVar: 1349490

SupplementalData: see tables 1 for gene variant and found polymorphisms

Case#: single case, 37-year-old male, ethnicity not specified although family originally from the Middle East, examined in the UK

DiseaseAssertion: STGD

FamilyInfo: No history of consanguinity. No history of inherited retinal disease, poor vision or colour vision disturbance. Father had recent diagnosis of chronic central serous retinopathy, not consistent with STGD

CasePresentingHPOs: n/a

CaseHPOFreeText: Late-onset Stargardt disease with slowly progressive phenotype. The patient present with a 3-year history of decreased vision in the right eye that had recently significantly worsened. Visual acuity was 6.24 in right eye and 6/6 in left eye. Fundus examination reveled scattered atrophy and pisiform fundal flecks in both eye, right worse than left. Fluorescein angiography showed a silent choroid and partial bull's eye maculopathy, right worse than left. OCT showed loss of photoreceptors in both eyes and partial central sparing in the left eye. Photopic and scotopic ERG showed reduced amplitude of responses in the right eye and lower range amplitudes in the left eye, normal implicit times in both eyes. Pattern ERG and multifocal ERD showed central retinal dysfunction with preserved peripheral function. No change in vision or retinal appearance over the next 14 months of follow up.

CaseNotHPOs: n/a

CaseNotHPOFreeText: No night vision symptoms. No history of retinotoxic drug exposure.

Genotyping Method: Next-generation sequence analysis with the Oxford Genetics Testing Laboratory Macular Gene Panel.

PreviouslyPublished: Thr829Met missense mutation had been previously reported in an individual with autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa, but not previously associated with STGD phenotype.

Variant: ABCA4 NM_000350 c.5882G>A, p.(Gly1961Glu) c.2486C>T, p.(Thr829Met)

ClinVar: n/a

CAID: CA958261, CA119132

SupplementalData: n/a

Case#: Patient female, 48y, ethnicity not reported

DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt disease (STGD1) with unusual phenotype resembling pattern dystrophy

FamilyInfo: autosomal recessive inheritance; segregation analysis confirms each parent carries one variant (heterozygous). Pedigree shown in Figure 3. Proband is compound heterozygous for ABCA4 variants.

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007663, HP:0007754, HP:0030636, HP:0000548

CaseHPOFreeText: mild visual impairment (BCVA 20/25 and 20/20), perifoveal yellow fleck-like lesions, hyperautofluorescent lesions with lipofuscin accumulation, foveal sparing, subretinal material accumulation, phenotype resembling pattern dystrophy, bilateral macular involvement, decreased p50 values on pattern ERG

CaseNotHPOs: HP:0000510 (normal ERG responses except pattern ERG component)

CaseNotHPOFreeText: normal full-field ERG (scotopic and photopic responses), normal electrooculography, preserved outer retina structure, minimal photoreceptor disruption at fovea

Genotyping Method: targeted next-generation sequencing (Illumina NextSeq500) with SeqCap EZ enrichment panel; Sanger sequencing used for confirmation and segregation analysis

PreviouslyPublished: n/a

Variant: ABCA4 NM_000350.2: c.428C>T (p.Pro143Leu); c.3113C>T (p.Ala1038Val)

ClinVar: 99273; 7894

CAID: n/a

SupplementalData: clinical imaging and genetic/segregation data in supplemental data (Figures 1–3, Table 1)

Case#: 25-year old female, juvenile onset

DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

FamilyInfo: Figure 1 shows family pedigree. Table 1 shows clinical features of a Chinese pedigree. Cosegregation analysis was done and shown in Figure 1A, C.

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007663, HP:0007722, HP:0007401, HP:0030329, HP:0030610, HP:0003621, HP:0011507, HP:0007984

CaseHPOFreeText: The uncorrected visual acuity of each eye was 20/400, which has progressively decreased for 13 years.

CaseNotHPOs: n/a

CaseNotHPOFreeText: The retinal vessels were normal.

Genotyping Method: Whole Exome Sequencing, Sanger Sequencing

PreviouslyPublished: n/a

Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.3523-2A>G, NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.5646G>A (p.Met1882Ile)

ClinVar: 866764, 377407

SupplementalData: n/a

Case#: 1 male, 6 years old, from Taiwanese and Korean decent.

DiseaseAssertion: ABCA4-related retinopathy Stargardt disease

FamilyInfo: Single affected individual. Paternal uncle presented with Stargart disease previously, and Taiwanese and Korean descent underwent genetic testing to identify two pathogenic variants in the ABCA4 gene. One of the variants found was the same ABCA4 variant from the originally affected individual. No additional family information is provided in text.

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000529 - progressive visual loss, HP:0025010 - Foveal atrophy, HP:0000603 - Central scotoma, HP:0007663 - Decreased visual acuity, HP:0030602 - Abnormal fundus autofluorescence imaging, HP:0007984 - ERG: Reduced dark-adapted b-wave amplitude, HP:0000512 - Abnormal electroretinogram, HP:0020032 - Hyperreflective retinal dots on OCT

CaseHPOFreeText: peripapillary sparing was observed on fundus autofluorescence imaging.

CaseNotHPOs: HP:0012045 - Retinal flecks

CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A

Genotyping Method: Genetic testing was used and after sequencing two variants were found on the ABCA4 gene.

PreviouslyPublished: N/A

Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.3523-2A>G

Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.2249T>C (p.Leu750Pro)

ClinVar: Variation ID: 866764

ClinVar: Variation ID: 417984

CAID: N/A

SupplementalData: N/A

Case#: Patient female, 10y, ethnicity not reported

DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt disease (STGD1), early onset

FamilyInfo: autosomal recessive inheritance; co-segregation of variants in parents (each heterozygous). Pedigree shown in Figure 1A. One unaffected sibling reported.

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007663, HP:0007754, HP:0002587, HP:0030636, HP:0000548

CaseHPOFreeText: early-onset visual decline (age 7), symmetric disease in both eyes, hyperautofluorescent ring surrounding macular atrophy, lipofuscin accumulation, photoreceptor degeneration.

CaseNotHPOs: HP:0007707

CaseNotHPOFreeText: normal anterior segment on slit lamp exam; no external ocular abnormalities reported.

Genotyping Method: Sanger sequencing confirmation; variant identification likely via next-generation sequencing (not explicitly stated).

PreviouslyPublished: n/a

Variant: ABCA4 NM_000350.2: c.6817-713A>G; c.3259G>A (p.Glu1087Lys)

ClinVar: n/a

CAID: CA2837995439, CA227097

SupplementalData: phenotype and validation data in Figures 1–5 and Supplemental Figures S1–S5

Case#: Patient 19, female, age 16

DiseaseAssertion: STGD

FamilyInfo: diagnosis of autosomal recessive STGD based on the pedigree and clinical phenotype of fleck deposits with or without genetic testing

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000608, HP:0000007, HP:0030610, HP:0030500

CaseHPOFreeText: Macular degeneration. autosomal recessive, Photoreceptor outer segment loss on macular OCT, Yellow/white lesions of the macula

CaseNotHPOs: n/a

CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

Genotyping Method: n/a

PreviouslyPublished: n/a

Variant: Allele 1: NM_000350.3:c.5714+5G>A Allele 2: NM_000350.3:c.4469G>A

ClinVar: Allele 1: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.5714+5G>A Allele 2: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.4469G>A (p.Cys1490Tyr)

CAID: Allele 1: CA227338 Allele 2: CA227198

SupplementalData: composite mask analysis shown in figure 3 for patient 19, show large areas of matched degeneration and isolated IS/OS loss

Case#: Patient 23, Female

DiseaseAssertion: STGD

FamilyInfo: Not evaluated

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000609, HP:0012632, HP:0007906

CaseHPOFreeText: The patient also had a history of bilateral optic nerve hypoplasia, labile intraocular pressure (IOP), and ocular hypertension without glaucoma.

CaseNotHPOs: n/a

CaseNotHPOFreeText:n/a

Genotyping Method: Not listed

PreviouslyPublished: n/a

Variant: p.Arg2107Cys:c.6319C>T and p.Gly607Arg:c.1819G>A

ClinVar: 635988, 99087

CAID: CA956906, CA226936

SupplementalData: Phenotype shown in case report with continued treatment below

Case#:48-year old man, onset at 13-years old

DiseaseAssertion: STGD1

FamilyInfo: n/a

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0003621, HP:0025147, HP:0011507, HP:0030329, HP:0030610, HP:0007722, HP:0007703, HP:0007663

CaseHPOFreeText: BCVA was 20/200 bilaterally and refractive error was OD: −1.50/+0.50 × 149° and OS: −1.50/+0.25 × 161°. Hyperautofluorescent transitional zone in each eye more pronounced in right eye. The left eye showed a complete defect of the RPE-Bruch membrane complex with herniation of the outer retina. Maximum horizontal diameter of this RPE-Bruch membrane complex defect was 266um.

CaseNotHPOs: HP:0000510, HP:0000548, HP:0007984

CaseNotHPOFreeText: No defect observed in the RPE and Bruch membrane in right eye. Patient had normal cone and rod responses on ERG

Genotyping Method: ABCR 600 micro-array chip

PreviouslyPublished: n/a

Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.4216C>T (p.His1406Tyr), NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.5882G>A (p.Gly1961Glu)

ClinVar: 99259, 7888

SupplementalData: n/a

Case#: Case2, Sex:Female, Age:15

DiseaseAssertion: STGD

FamilyInfo: n/a

CasePresentingHPOs: n/a

CaseHPOFreeText: Clinical Notes: Few yellowish Flecks without autofluorescence. General notes: participant presented with atypical macular degeneration.

CaseNotHPOs:n/a

CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

Genotyping Method: Exome sequencing data generation. Additional sequencing targeted amplification fo PRPH2 and ELOVL4 using PCR.

PreviouslyPublished: n/a

Variant: Variant 1 given as p.G1961E; NM_000350.3:c.5882G>A p.(Gly1961Glu) . Variant 2 given as p.Q636X; NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.1906C>T (p.Gln636Ter).

ClinVar: Variation ID: 7888 ; Variation ID: 265012

CAID: ; CA10588302

SupplementalData: Proband variant information given in Table 1.

Case#: Patient 24, male, Caucasian, onset at 50yo, Germany

DiseaseAssertion: STGD

FamilyInfo: co-segregation of variant in 2 family members (siblings) but they do not appear to be affected based on pedigree

CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0030528, HP:0000505, HP:0012508, HP:0001105, HP:0025148

CaseHPOFreeText: progressive paracentral scotoma OU, progressive visual impairment OU (blurry vision). BCVA: OD-0.1, OS-0.22. Tension: 13mmHg/14mmHg. FAF: bilateral hyperautofluorescent macular and peripapillary spots, few spots of paracentral retinal atrophy (foveal sparing). Autofluorescence and deposits (severity): deposits medium, atrophy low. OCT: hyperreflective spots, partially invading into the outer retina, partly confluent lesions of cRORA, foveal sparing, degenerative intraretinal fluid. Central macular thickness: 328µm/322µm. Macular volume: 9.31mm³/9.00mm³. mfERG: bilateral amplitudes in normal range, slight relative reduction in the paracentral areas. Fluorescein angiography: bilateral dark choroid, mild paracentral dye pooling in the late phase. Color vision: Inconspicuous. Clinical examination: pattern-like distribution of the lesions.

CaseNotHPOs: n/a

CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

GenotypingMethod: WES, in-house RD-associated gene panel including 619 candidates and disease-associated genes

PreviouslyPublished: n/a

Variant: ABCA4 NM_000350.2 c.[6601_6602delAG] (p.Arg2201fs);[=], c.[4253+43G>A] p.Ile1377Hisfs3;[=]

CAID: CA227421; CA227172

SupplementalData: phenotype and segregation info in supplemental data (table s1, figure s1)

PMID:39398711

Gene: ABCA4

HGNC ID: 34

Case Annotation Template

Case#: 19-year-old male

DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt disease 1 (STGD1)

FamilyInfo: No family history of eye disease reported. Autosomal recessive inheritance consistent with STGD1. Homozygous ABCA4 variant identified.

CasePresentingHPOs: DecreasedCentralVA, MacularAtrophy, MacularFlecks, PeripapillarySparing, OpticNervePallor

CaseHPOFreeText: Five-year history of progressive bilateral central vision loss, worse at near. Alternating exotropia measuring 16 prism diopters in all gazes OU. Best corrected visual acuity 20/200 OU. Fundus examination revealed pigment deposition and macular mottling. Fundus autofluorescence showed central decreased autofluorescence surrounded by increased autofluorescence. Fluorescein angiography demonstrated dark choroid. OCT showed loss of the central ellipsoid zone with hyperreflective deposits. Multifocal ERG demonstrated significant functional loss.

CaseNotHPOs: NightBlindness

CaseNotHPOFreeText: Patient denied nyctalopia, photophobia, or flashes. Color vision normal on Ishihara testing.

Genotyping Method: Genotyping Method: Next-generation sequencing (NGS) with deletion/duplication analysis (Invitae Corporation).

PreviouslyPublished: N/A

Variant: ABCA4 c.52C>T (p.Arg18Trp)

ClinVar: ClinVarID:7899

CAID: N/A

SupplementalData: N/A