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retinitis pigmentosa 100

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A retinitis pigmentosa characterized by the onset of night blindness in childhood or young adulthood, followed by progressive visual field constriction and that has_material_basis_in compound heterozygous mutation in the TBC1D32 gene on chromosome 6q22.

Signs and symptoms

  • Constriction of peripheral visual field
  • Spicular pigmentation of the retina
  • Nyctalopia
  • Hypoautofluorescent retinal lesion
  • Reduced visual acuity
  • Undetectable light- and dark-adapted electroretinogram
  • Optic disc pallor
  • Attenuation of retinal blood vessels
  • Perifoveal ring of hyperautofluorescence
  • High myopia