1'3 Major diseases of the retina

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1.3 Major diseases of the retina

• Glaucoma
• Retinal ganglion cell degeneration (optic nerve
  compression?)
• Retinitis pigmentosa
• Degeneration of rods followed by degeneration of
  cones (dominant, recessive, and X-linked forms)
• Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
• Degeneration of the cones in macula (unknown
  pathogenesis, some genetic contribution)
• 4) Stargardt macular dystrophy
• Degeneration of cones (autosomal recessive)
• 5) Leber congenital amaurosis
• Childhood blindness (genetic disease - abnormal
  development of photoreceptors or very early
  degeneration)
• Usher syndrome
• Hearing and vision loss (retinitis pigmentosa) -
  autosomal recessive disease