Prevalence of retinitis pigmentosa in Singapore: the Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases Study

Cong Ling Teo¹, Ning Cheung^{1

2}, Stanley Poh¹, Sahil Thakur¹, Tyler Hyungtaek Rim^{1

2}, Ching-Yu Cheng^{1

2

3}, Yih Chung Tham^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
² Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program (Eye ACP), Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

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Cong Ling Teo et al. Acta Ophthalmol. 2021 Feb.

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. 2021 Feb;99(1):e134-e135.

doi: 10.1111/aos.14483. Epub 2020 May 26.

Cong Ling Teo¹, Ning Cheung^{1

2}, Stanley Poh¹, Sahil Thakur¹, Tyler Hyungtaek Rim^{1

2}, Ching-Yu Cheng^{1

2

3}, Yih Chung Tham^{1

2}

¹ Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
² Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program (Eye ACP), Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

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