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Dystrophies primarily involving the retinal pigment epithelium

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Link to WHO Definition

Dystrophies primarily involving the retinal pigment epithelium – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1387676300

This refers to degeneration primarily involving the pigmented cell layer just outside the neurosensory retina that nourishes retinal visual cells, and is firmly attached to the underlying choroid and overlying retinal visual cells.