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PIGMENTARY RETINOPATHY [1 record]

Record 1 2013-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

A group of diseases, frequently hereditary, marked by progressive loss of retinal response (as elicited by the electroretinogram), retinal atrophy, attenuation of the retinal vessels, and clumping of the pigment, with contraction of the field of vision.

OBS

It may be transmitted as a dominant, recessive, or X-linked trait and is sometimes associated with other genetic defects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

Affection héréditaire caractérisée cliniquement par des troubles visuels progressifs (héméralopie, rétrécissement du champ visuel), et anatomiquement par une atrophie de l'épithélium sensoriel de la rétine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos de la visión
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