"Retinitis Pigmentosa" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				Hereditary, progressive degeneration of the neuroepithelium of the retina characterized by night blindness and progressive contraction of the visual field.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D012174 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | C11.270.684 C11.768.585.658.500 C16.320.290.684 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Retinitis PigmentosaRetinitis PigmentosaCone-Rod DystrophyCone Rod DystrophyCone-Rod DystrophiesDystrophies, Cone-RodDystrophy, Cone-RodCone-Rod Retinal DystrophyCone Rod Retinal DystrophyCone-Rod Retinal DystrophiesDystrophies, Cone-Rod RetinalDystrophy, Cone-Rod RetinalRetinal Dystrophies, Cone-RodRetinal Dystrophy, Cone-RodTapetoretinal DegenerationDegeneration, TapetoretinalDegenerations, TapetoretinalTapetoretinal DegenerationsRetinal Cone-Rod DystrophyCone-Rod Dystrophies, RetinalCone-Rod Dystrophy, RetinalDystrophies, Retinal Cone-RodDystrophy, Retinal Cone-RodRetinal Cone Rod DystrophyRetinal Cone-Rod DystrophiesRod Cone DystrophiesDystrophies, Rod ConeDystrophy, Rod ConeRod Cone DystrophyRod-Cone DystrophyDystrophies, Rod-ConeDystrophy, Rod-ConeRod-Cone DystrophiesCone-Rod DegenerationsCone Rod DegenerationsCone-Rod DegenerationDegeneration, Cone-RodDegenerations, Cone-RodPigmentary RetinopathyPigmentary RetinopathiesRetinopathies, PigmentaryRetinopathy, Pigmentary
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