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SUBMITTER: Schwartz SG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7388842 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schwartz Stephen G SG Wang Xue X Chavis Pamela P Kuriyan Ajay E AE Abariga Samuel A SA
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20200618 6
<h4>Background</h4>Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) comprises a group of hereditary eye diseases characterized by progressive degeneration of retinal photoreceptors. It results in severe visual loss that may lead to blindness. Symptoms may become manifest during childhood or adulthood which include poor night vision (nyctalopia) and constriction of peripheral vision (visual field loss). Visual field loss is progressive and affects central vision later in the disease course. The worldwide prevalence of ...[more]