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6609039

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-6-7
pubmed:abstractText
Immunological evaluation of 20 patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) revealed significantly diminished circulating T-lymphocyte numbers and function and a high frequency of serum antibodies to human IgG in comparison with a healthy matched control population. However, these differences were due to severely abnormal results found in one subpopulation within the total patient group; this dichotomy was unrelated to the mode of inheritance or clinical severity of RP in individual patients. Thus, RP appears to be a syndrome rather than a disease and includes a form characterized by defective immunity. Whether this is involved in the pathogenesis of the retinal degenerative process is conjectural.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0090-1229
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
254-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
One subset of patients with retinitis pigmentosa has immunologic defects.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't