Article
[Genetics of retinitis pigmentosa: metabolic classification and phenotype/genotype correlations].
Journal francais d'ophtalmologie - 1 Jan 2005
Maubaret C, Hamel C
Abstract excerpt
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP, prevalence 1/4000) is a set of hereditary retinal dystrophies characterized by pigment deposits in fundus and progressive death of photoreceptors, always associated with the alteration of retinal pigment epithelium. Genetic heterogeneity of the typical nonsyndromic form (rod cone dystrophy) is extensive: 11 genes and one locus were reported for autosomal dominant RP, 17 genes and five...
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