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Role of microglial cells in photoreceptor degeneration
26 Feb 2019
Abstract excerpt
Inherited photoreceptor degeneration in humans constitutes a major cause of irreversible blindness in the world. They comprise various diseases, but retinitis pigmentosa is the most frequently observed. Retinitis pigmentosa is commonly limited to the eye, where there is progressive photoreceptor degeneration, rods and secondarily cones. The mechanisms of cone and rod degeneration continue to be investigated,...
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