Open AccessA retinitis pigmentosa register for Western Australia
Author(s) -
Chelva E,
McLaren T L,
Kay SMS,
Collins D W K,
Black J L,
Candy D R
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-1606
pISSN - 0814-9763
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1992.tb00743.x
Subject(s) - retinitis pigmentosa , register (sociolinguistics) , medicine , optometry , ophthalmology , retinal , linguistics , philosophy
This paper describes the main elements of the Western Australian retinitis pigmentosa register including details of the data stored on the register, aspects of the coding systems used and some description of the tests employed in diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa. The register is family based and contains data on affected individuals and on their unaffected relatives. As at November 1991, the register contained data for 391 individuals from 207 separate families. Of the 391 individuals, 240 had definite or probable retinitis pigmentosa and 26 were possibly affected. The remainder were unaffected family members. In many cases, both affected and unaffected family members are being studied serially and the register is designed to store and easily retrieve serial data to allow study of disease progression for individuals and within families.