Author/Editor		Peterlin, B; Canki-Klain, N; Morela, V; Stirn, B; Rainer, S; Cerar, V
Title		Prevalence of retinitis pigmentosa in Slovenia
Type		članek
Source		Clin Genet
Vol. and No.		Letnik 42, št. 3
Publication year		1992
Volume		str. 122-3
Language		eng
Abstract		Two hundred and twenty-nine symptomatic patients with retinitis pigmentosa were ascertained in Slovenia between 1986 and 1990. Twenty-three further patients were identified while data from 63 families (82 patients) were being collected. After correction for underascertainment, a prevalence of 1 in 6023 was estimated in the Slovene population (1,999,477 in 1990). The highest prevalence of 1 in 1902 was found in the age group 65 years and older. Of 63 analysed families, 17 (27 percent) showed autosomal dominant, 13 (21 percent) autosomal recessive, and one family (1.5 percent) X-linked inheritance; in 30 families (47.5 percent) isolated cases were found; and in two families the mode of inheritance was impossible to determine.
Descriptors		RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA ADOLESCENCE ADULT AGED CHILD CHILD, PRESCHOOL GENES, DOMINANT GENES, RECESSIVE INFANT INFANT, NEWBORN LINKAGE (GENETICS) MIDDLE AGE PREVALENCE RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA SEX RATIO SLOVENIA X CHROMOSOME