Hereditary Retinopathies Progress in Development of Genetic and Molecular Therapies /

• Main Authors: Humphries, Pete (Author), Humphries, Marian M. (Author), Tam, Lawrence C. S. (Author), Farrar, G. Jane (Author), Kenna, Paul F. (Author), Campbell, Matthew (Author), Kiang, Anna-Sophia (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Genetics, 1
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Gene therapy.; Ophthalmology.; Biomedicine.; Human Genetics.; Gene Therapy.

The hereditary retinopathy, retinitis pigmentosa (RP), which affects 1 in 3,500 people worldwide, is the most common cause of registered visual handicap among those of the working age in developed countries. RP is a highly variable disorder where patients may develop symptomatic visual loss in early...