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- Eye Structure
- Eye Structure (i)
- Figure 1a - Structure of the Eye
- Figure 1b - 3D Animation
- Figure 2a - Structure of the Retina
- Figure 2b - Structure of the Retina
- Figure 3 - Normal Fundus Image
- Figure 4a - Rods and Cones
- Figure 4b - Rods and Cones
- Figure 5a - Retinitis Pigmentosa Fundus Image
- Figure 5b - Retinitis Pigmentosa Fundus Image
- Figure 5c - Retinitis Pigmentosa Fundus Image
- Eye Structure (ii)
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- Symptoms of RP
- Symptoms
- Visible Signs
- Figure 6a - Normal vision
- Figure 6b - Field of Vision Loss in Early Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Figure 7 - Field of Vision Loss in Late Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Figure 8 - Field of Vision Loss in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Figure 9a - End-Stage RP Fundus Image
- Figure 9b - End-Stage RP Fundus Image
- Genetics and RP
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- No Affected Relative
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- Genetics and Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Figure 10a - Chromosomes
- Figure 10b - Chromosomes
- Figure 11 - Autosomal Dominant Inheritance
- Figure 12 - Autosomal Recessive Inheritance
- Figure 13 – X-Linked Inheritance
- Figure 14 – X-Linked Inheritance
- Inheritance Patterns (ii)
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- Figure 15 - Snellen Chart
- Figure 16a - Microscope
- Figure 16b - Microscope
- Figure 17a - Ophthalmoscope
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- Figure 18 - Humphrey Visual Field Analyser
- Figure 19 - Ishihara Colour Vision Testing Plates
- Figure 20 - Electrodiagnostic Testing ("Electrical Testing")
- Figure 21a - Fundus Fluorescein Angiogram
- Figure 21b - Fundus Fluorescein Angiogram
- Testing for RP (ii)
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- Testing for RP (iv)
- Cataracts and Macular Oedema
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- Cataracts and Macular Oedema
- Figure 22 - Cataract
- Figure 23a - Optical Coherence Tomography – normal macular
- Figure 23b - Optical Coherence Tomography – Macular Oedema
- Leber Congenital Amaurosis
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- Other Inherited Retinal Diseases
- Choroideremia
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- Gene Therapy
- Figure 26 LCA Gene Therapy Trial - Operation
- Figure 25 LCA Gene Therapy Trial - Laboratory
- Figure 24 LCA Gene Therapy Trial - Illustration
- Stem Cell Therapy
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- Figure 27 Transplanted Rod and Cone Photoreceptor
- Figure 28 Transplanted Photoreceptor
- Transplantation Studies
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- Figure 29 - Subretinal Implant
- Figure 30 - Illustration of the Retina
- Figure 31 - Retinal Implant in a person with RP
- Figure 32 - A second person with RP with a retinal implant
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