All are true about retinitis pigmentosa EXCEPT –
Correct Answer: Early diagnosis and treatment
Description: Treatment is eminently unsatisfactory since nothing appears to have a decided influence upon the course of the disease.
Retinitis pigmentosa shows all three pattern of inheritance, i.e., autosomal recessive (most common), autosomal dominant, sex- linked (X- linked recessive).
Initially there is loss of peripheral vision and central vision is preserved till late.
Retinitis pigmentosa is assoicated with many systemic syndromes.
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