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Retinitis pigmentosa: A hereditary group of diseases that cause progressive loss of retinal function. See detailed information below for a list of 85 causes of Retinitis pigmentosa, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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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)
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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 85 causes of Retinitis pigmentosa that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
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Tapetoretinal degeneration
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Medical Conditions associated with Retinitis pigmentosa:
Retina symptoms (307 causes), Eye symptoms (5412 causes), Face symptoms (8109 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes), Inflammatory symptoms (1736 causes)
Symptoms related to Retinitis pigmentosa:
Retina symptoms (307 causes), Eye symptoms (5412 causes), Blurred vision (982 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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