Retinitis pigmentosa is a hereditary retinal dystrophy which is characterized by a preogressive loss in photoreceptors. Variable forms of inheritanc are associated with this disease (dominant, recessive, X-linked, mitochondrial). It is a common symptom in various ciliopathies.
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