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On the molecular genetics of retinitis pigmentosa.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 8 May 1992
Humphries P, Kenna P, Farrar G J
Abstract excerpt
The human retina carries specialized neurons, the rod and cone photoreceptors, which absorb and transduce light energy and transmit impulses through the optic nerve to the brain. The most prevalent group of inherited retinopathies, affecting approximately 1.5 million people, is collectively termed retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Mutations responsible for RP have now been found in two genes encoding transmembrane...
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