Retinal pigment degeneration

The disease is a chronic, progressive, bilateral blanket retinal degeneration. Determining the genetic type is often difficult. Most cases are autosomal recessive, but they can also be autosomal dominant or X-linked, which is less common. The disease can also be part of certain syndromes (eg Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome, Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome).

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