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Since primary retinitis pigmentosa is a progressive hereditary degeneration, there must be an early stage of the disease, and furthermore, in a pedigree showing recessive inheritance of retinitis pigmentosa,so-called genetic carriers who have no subjective symptoms and are apparently normal should be observed.
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Imaizumi, K., Takahashi, R., Tazawa, Y., Yamada, K., Mita, K. (1972). Clinical and Electrophysiological Observations on Genetic Carriers of Retinitis Pigmentosa in a Family (Pedigree Tt) Showing Sex-Linked Inheritance. In: Arden, G.B. (eds) The Visual System. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 24. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8231-7_30
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