Retinitis pigmentosa: A hereditary group of diseases that cause progressive loss of retinal function. See free access online books about Retinitis pigmentosa below. See detailed information below for a list of 82 causes of Retinitis pigmentosa, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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causes of Retinitis pigmentosa as a symptom include:
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causes of Retinitis pigmentosa
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Group of inherited abnormalities in the retina; characterized by night blindness, retinal atrophy, weakening of the retinal vessels, pigment clumping, and contraction of the visual field.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Group of inherited abnormalities in the retina; characterized by night blindness, retinal atrophy, weakening of the retinal vessels, pigment clumping, and contraction of the visual field.
- (Source - CRISP)
Retinitis pigmentosa is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Retinitis pigmentosa, or a subtype of Retinitis pigmentosa,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
- (Source - National Institute of Health)
The list below shows some of the causes of Retinitis pigmentosa mentioned in various sources:
See full list of 82 causes of Retinitis pigmentosa
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Retinitis pigmentosa. Of the 82 causes of Retinitis pigmentosa that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
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The following list of conditions have 'Retinitis pigmentosa' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Tapetoretinal degeneration
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Medical Conditions associated with Retinitis pigmentosa:
Retina symptoms (170 causes), Eye symptoms (4112 causes)
Symptoms related to Retinitis pigmentosa:
Retina symptoms (170 causes), Eye symptoms (4112 causes), Blurred vision (729 causes), Abetalipoproteinaemia, Alström syndrome, Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Carbohydrate deficient glycoprotein syndrome type 1a, Fahr disease, Hallervorden-Spatz disease, HARP syndrome, Hereditary sensory-motor neuropathy type 7, Homocarnosinase deficiency, Kearns-Sayre syndrome
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