Retinitis pigmentosa

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• Synonyms

  • Pigmentary retinopathy
  • Retinitis pigmentation
  • Pigment retinopathy

• Causes

  • Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome
  • Alport syndrome
  • Refsum disease
  • Usher disease
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome
  • Nephronophthisis
  • Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome
  • Friedrich ataxia
  • Olivopontocerebellar degeneration
  • Ocular granuloma
  • Alport's triad

• Effects

  • Blindness
  • Tunnel vision
  • Coats disease

• Parents

  • Ocular pathology
  • Autosomal dominant disorder

• Description

  • "Multiple genes involved"