title: [Treatment with Western and Chinese medicine for retinal pigmentary degeneration].
abstract: The report presents 45 cases of retinal pigmentary degeneration treated by Western and Chinese medicine. Of them, 14 cases (31.11%) got significant therapeutical effectiveness; 18 cases (40%) favorite and 6 cases (13.33%) were improved. The general curative rate was 84.44%. After follow-up for 1 to 5 years, the vision and visual field in all the cases were improved to a certain extent. We used the dose of Chinese herbal medicine, the decoction of retinal pigmentary degeneration, in the treatment. The result showed it is a very beneficial method for retinal pigmentary degeneration.
authors.affiliation: Shangqiu Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Henan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D011241:Prednisone