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Descriptor English: Retinitis Pigmentosa
Descriptor Spanish: Retinitis Pigmentosa
Descriptor retinitis pigmentosa
Entry term(s) degeneración tapetorretiniana
retinopatía pigmentaria
Scope note: Degeneración hereditaria y progresiva de la retina debida inicialmente a la muerte de los BASTONES FOTORRECEPTORES y, a continuación, de los CONOS FOTORRECEPTORES. Se caracteriza por depósito de pigmento en la retina.
Descriptor Portuguese: Retinite Pigmentosa
Descriptor French: Rétinite pigmentaire
Entry term(s): Pigmentary Retinopathies
Pigmentary Retinopathy
Retinopathies, Pigmentary
Retinopathy, Pigmentary
Tapetoretinal Degeneration
Tapetoretinal Degenerations
Tree number(s): C11.270.684
C11.768.585.658.500
C16.320.290.684
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012174
Scope note: Hereditary, progressive degeneration of the retina due to death of ROD PHOTORECEPTORS initially and subsequent death of CONE PHOTORECEPTORS. It is characterized by deposition of pigment in the retina.
Annotation: note entry term ROD CONE DYSTROPHIES: CONE-ROD DYSTROPHIES is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Related: Tangier Disease MeSH
DeCS ID: 27800
Unique ID: D012174
NLM Classification: WW 270
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Retinitis Pigmentosa - Preferred
Concept UI M0018960
Scope note Hereditary, progressive degeneration of the retina due to death of ROD PHOTORECEPTORS initially and subsequent death of CONE PHOTORECEPTORS. It is characterized by deposition of pigment in the retina.
Preferred term Retinitis Pigmentosa
Entry term(s) Pigmentary Retinopathies
Pigmentary Retinopathy
Retinopathies, Pigmentary
Retinopathy, Pigmentary
Tapetoretinal Degeneration
Tapetoretinal Degenerations



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