Prothrombin time in retinitis pigmentosa
Dikshit, M.; Vinchurkar, M.; Sathye, S.M.
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology 46(2): 103-104
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0301-4738 PMID: 9847484 Document Number: 492541
The prothrombin time was recorded for 87 primary retinitis pigmentosa (RP) patients belonging to three different clinical categories. All categories showed prothrombin time higher than normal. There was no correlation between the age of onset and the prothrombin time, nor between duration of disease and the prothrombin time. The high prothrombin time in patients with RP suggests that further study of prothrombin time and related factors may help in better understanding of the pathogenesis of RP.