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Retinitis Pigmentosa

What are the symptoms?

In these conditions the retina slowly degenerates losing its ability to transmit images to the brain. In advanced stages of the conditions characteristic clumps of pigment appear in the retina. Often the first symptom is night blindness, followed by narrowing of side vision leading to 'tunnel' vision.

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Medical text written November 1991 by Contact a Family. Approved November 1991 by Professor M Patton, Professor of Medical Genetics, St Georges Hospital Medical School, London, UK and Dr J E Wraith, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK. Last updated August 2006 by Professor A T Moore, Duke-Elder Professor of Ophthalmology, Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.

 

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