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Abstract
An X chromosome-linked abnormality characterized by atrophy of the choroid and degeneration of the retinal pigment epithelium causing night blindness.
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- Progressive Tapetochoroidal Dystrophy
- Tapetochoroidal Dystrophy, Progressive
- Choroideremias
- Dystrophies, Progressive Tapetochoroidal
- Dystrophy, Progressive Tapetochoroidal
- Progressive Tapetochoroidal Dystrophies
- Tapetochoroidal Dystrophies, Progressive
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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of the eye, not of the choroid plexus: progressive degen in male, nonprogressive in female
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- Choroid (1966-1989)
- Eye Diseases (1966-1974)
- Uveal Diseases/genetics (1977-1989)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Choroideremia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015794. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015794
- Choroideremia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choroideremia
- Choroideremia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2397009