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Retinitis Pigmentosa Associated with Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency

We report a case of new onset retinitis pigmentosa (RP) associated with a glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in a 63-year-old African-American male who presented with worsening night vision over a period of five years. The pathogenesis of G6PD-mediated oxidative biological damage is...

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Autores principales: Thiel, Bryan, Sharma, Aman, Shaikh, Saad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5608491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28948126
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1506