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Etiology of Retinitis Pigmentosa

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Retinitis Pigmentosa

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 2560))

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Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a set of symptoms including tunnel vision, night blindness, and progressive vision loss, stemming from a very heterogeneous set of causes—it can result from a several different kinds of mutations (non-syndromic) in conjunction with other symptoms, as part of a larger syndrome (syndromic), or secondary to an organ system disease state (secondary RP). This chapter explores and elucidates these various causes of RP.

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  1. Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Mark P. Breazzano

  2. Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Maeher R. Grewal & Royce W. S. Chen

  3. Departments of Opthalmology, Pathology & Cell Biology Graduate Programs in Nutritional & Metabolic Biology and Neurobiology & Behavior Columbia Stem Cell Initiative, New York, NY, USA

    Stephen H. Tsang

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Correspondence to Maeher R. Grewal .

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  1. Departments of Ophthalmology, Pathology & Cell Biology Graduate Programs in Nutritional & Metabolic Biology and Neurobiology & Behavior, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative, New York, NY, USA

    Stephen H. Tsang

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Peter M.J. Quinn

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Stephen H. Tsang receives financial support from Abeona Therapeutics, Inc and Emendo. He is also the founder of Rejuvitas and is on the scientific and clinical advisory board for Nanoscope Therapeutics.

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Breazzano, M.P., Grewal, M.R., Tsang, S.H., Chen, R.W.S. (2023). Etiology of Retinitis Pigmentosa. In: Tsang, S.H., Quinn, P.M. (eds) Retinitis Pigmentosa. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2560. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2651-1_2

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