title: Retinitis pigmentosa patients with sickle cell disease and dextrocardia and situs inversus syndrome.
abstract: Two cases of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) with associated sickle cell disease in one patient, and situs inversus totalis in the other are reported. To our best knowledge, these associations have never been reported in RP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Vision Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Madhavan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bhende
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gopal
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Vasanthi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kumaramanickavel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003914:Dextrocardia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004596:Electroretinography; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014794:Visual Fields