Etiology of Retinitis Pigmentosa
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a set of symptoms including tunnel vision, night blindness, and progressive vision loss, stemming from a very heterogeneous set of causes-it can result from a several different kinds of mutations (non-syndromic) in conjunction with other symptoms, as part of a larger syn...
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Published in | Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) Vol. 2560; p. 15 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
2023
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Summary: | Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a set of symptoms including tunnel vision, night blindness, and progressive vision loss, stemming from a very heterogeneous set of causes-it can result from a several different kinds of mutations (non-syndromic) in conjunction with other symptoms, as part of a larger syndrome (syndromic), or secondary to an organ system disease state (secondary RP). This chapter explores and elucidates these various causes of RP. |
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ISSN: | 1940-6029 |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-1-0716-2651-1_2 |