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Prevalence of Retinitis Pigmentosa in Urban and Rural Adult Chinese: The Beijing Eye Study

Liang Xu, Lianna Hu, Ke Ma, Jing Li, Jost B. Jonas

European Journal of Ophthalmology · 2006 · 79 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

Retinitis pigmentosa with typical fundus appearance and functional loss may be present in about 1 out of 1000 elderly Chinese in Northern China. Calculated for the whole population in China, the figure would be 1.3 million patients with retinitis pigmentosa.

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