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Editorial
. 2022 Nov 3;23(21):13467.
doi: 10.3390/ijms232113467.

Inherited Retinal Diseases

Tamar Ben-Yosef  1
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Editorial

Inherited Retinal Diseases

Tamar Ben-Yosef. Int J Mol Sci. .

Abstract

Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of diseases that cause vision loss due to abnormal development or due to the dysfunction or degeneration of the photoreceptors or the retinal pigment epithelium [...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
IRD-causative gene identification over the years. The chart shows the total number of known IRD-causative genes each year between 1990 and 2021.
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