Retinitis Pigmentosa Research: A Review

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Young R.W. Shedding of discs from rod outer segments in the Rhesus monkey. J Ultrastruct Sci 1971; 34: 190–203

Szamier R.B. , Berson E.L. Retinal ultrastructure in advanced retinitis pigmentosa. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1977; 16: 947–62

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Flannery J.G. , Farber D.B. , Bird A.C. , Bok D. Histopathological studies on donor retinas with an autosomal dominant form of retinitis pigmentosa. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1987; 28(suppl.): 140

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Converse C.A. , Hammer H.M. , Packard C.J. , Shepard J. Plasma lipid abnormalities in retinitis pigmentosa and related conditions. Trans Ophthalmol Soc UK 1983; 103: 508

Dehning D.O. , Garcia C.A. Lipid abnormalities in autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1987; 28(suppl.): 346

Reid D.M. , Forrester J.V. , Campbell A.M. Is there a humoral autoimmune response to retinal antigens in the RCS rat? Curr Eye Res 1987; 6: 561–8

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Boulton M.E. , Marshall J. A mechanistic approach to the inherited retinal dystrophies and the role of tissue culture as an investigative probe. In: Sheffield J.B. , Hisler S.R. eds. Heredity and visual development. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1985; 115–70

Politi L.E. , Adler R. Development of retinal neurones and photoreceptors from normal and rd mice in dissociated cell culture. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1987; 28(suppl.): 345

Boulton M.E. , Marshall J. , Mellerio J. An analysis of some behavioural characteristics of normal and dystrophic human RPE cells in tissue culture. Ophthalmic Paediatr Genet 1985; 6: 157–62

Chaitin M.H. , Hall M.D. Defective ingestion of rod outer segments by cultured dystrophic rat pigment epithelial cells. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1983; 24: 812–820

Bhattacharya S.S. , Wright A.F. , Clayton J.F. . Close genetic linkage between X-linked retinitis pigmentosa and a restriction fragment length polymorphism identified by recombinant DNA probe L1.28 Nature 1984; 309: 253–5

Musarella M.A. , Anson-Cartwright L. , Burghes A. , Worton R. Localisation of a gene for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa by linkage analysis to Xp21. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1988; 29(suppl.): 143