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    Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a member of a group of genetic disorders called Inherited Retinal Dystrophy (IRD) that cause loss of vision. Symptoms include...
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    syndrome, also known as Hallgren syndrome, Usher–Hallgren syndrome, retinitis pigmentosa–dysacusis syndrome or dystrophia retinae dysacusis syndrome, is a...
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  • Thumbnail for Neuropathy, ataxia, and retinitis pigmentosa
    Neuropathy, ataxia, and retinitis pigmentosa, also known as NARP syndrome, is a rare disease with mitochondrial inheritance that causes a variety of signs...
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    "sensing" tissue. Retinitis may be caused by a number of different infectious agents. Its most common form, called retinitis pigmentosa, has a prevalence...
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    vision to total loss of vision. Of the retinal degenerative diseases retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a very important example. Inherited retinal degenerative...
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    sensitive. Defects in the rhodopsin gene cause eye diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and congenital stationary night blindness. Rhodopsin was discovered...
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  • Retinitis Pigmentosa International (RPI or RP International) is an international, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is committed to focusing world...
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    X-linked retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator is a GTPase-binding protein that in humans is encoded by the RPGR gene. The gene is located on the X-chromosome...
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  • number of human diseases. For instance, it has been associated with retinitis pigmentosa, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, osteogenesis imperfecta, familial...
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  • around the UK, including The Comedy Store. McCausland is blind due to retinitis pigmentosa. McCausland was born in 1977 in West Derby Village in Liverpool but...
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