"Retinitis Pigmentosa" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Hereditary, progressive degeneration of the retina due to death of ROD PHOTORECEPTORS initially and subsequent death of CONE PHOTORECEPTORS. It is characterized by deposition of pigment in the retina.
| Descriptor ID |
D012174
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.270.684 C11.768.585.658.500 C16.320.290.684
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| Concept/Terms |
Retinitis Pigmentosa- Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Rod-Cone Dystrophy
- Rod-Cone Dystrophies
- Rod Cone Dystrophies
- Rod Cone Dystrophy
- Pigmentary Retinopathy
- Pigmentary Retinopathies
- Retinopathies, Pigmentary
- Retinopathy, Pigmentary
- Tapetoretinal Degeneration
- Tapetoretinal Degenerations
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Retinitis Pigmentosa" by people in Profiles.
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Mutation in the intracellular chloride channel CLCC1 associated with autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa. PLoS Genet. 2018 08; 14(8):e1007504.
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Effect of Oral Valproic Acid vs Placebo for Vision Loss in Patients With Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa: A Randomized Phase 2 Multicenter Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018 08 01; 136(8):849-856.
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Neuropathy, Ataxia, Retinitis Pigmentosa-like Phenotype Associated with a Mitochondrial G8363A Mutation in a Family. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2018 07; 48(4):546-548.
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Comet Lesions in Retinitis Pigmentosa. Retina. 2018 07; 38(7):e46-e47.
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Olfactory Dysfunction in Patients With CNGB1-Associated Retinitis Pigmentosa. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018 07 01; 136(7):761-769.
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Comparison of 5-year progression of retinitis pigmentosa involving the posterior pole among siblings by means of SD-OCT: a retrospective study. BMC Ophthalmol. 2018 Jun 26; 18(1):153.
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Biallelic variants in the ciliary gene TMEM67 cause RHYNS syndrome. Eur J Hum Genet. 2018 09; 26(9):1266-1271.
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The eye involvement in monogenic autoinflammatory diseases: literature review and update. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2018 Jan-Feb; 36 Suppl 110(1):44-53.
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Choroidal Vascularity Index in Retinitis Pigmentosa: An OCT Study. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2018 03 01; 49(3):191-197.
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Report of two unrelated families with Jalili syndrome and a novel nonsense heterozygous mutation in CNNM4 gene. Eur J Med Genet. 2018 Jul; 61(7):384-387.