Retinitis pigmentosa

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is an inherited retinal dystrophy caused by the loss of photoreceptors and characterized by retinal pigment deposits visible on fundus examination. Prevalence of non syndromic RP is approximately 1/4,000. The most common form of RP is a rod-cone dystrophy, in which the firs...

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Main Author: Hamel, Christian
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2006
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1621055/