☆genetic progressive retinal dystrophy
Onset of RP varies, but most patients become symptomatic (★)by early adulthood.
rods affected first (night blindness, ☆visual loss in the midpheriphery)
・Retinal vessel attenuation (likely due to altered metabolic demand)
・Optic disc pallor (optic nerve atrophy and gliosis)
・Pigment accumulation
Most are legally blind by age 40
ophthalmology
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