Alternative titles and symbols : Retinitis pigmentosa 15; Cone-rod degeneration, X-linked; RP15; Choroidoretinal degeneration with retinal reflex in heterozygous women;
Description : X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) is a severe form of inherited retinal degeneration
that primarily affects the rod photoreceptors (Demirci et al., 2002). It typically
causes an early-onset night blindness and loss of peripheral vision, often causing
patients to become legally blind by the age of 30 to 40 years. In RP3, affected males
have a severe phenotype, and carrier females show a wide spectrum of clinical features
ranging from completely asymptomatic to severe RP (Jin et al., 2007). Mutation in
the RPGR gene is believed to account for approximately 70% of XLRP (Vervoort et al.,
2000).;