At What Age Does Retinitis Pigmentosa Occur?

At What Age Does Retinitis Pigmentosa Occur? RP is typically diagnosed in young adulthood, but the age of onset may range from early childhood to the mid 30s to 50s. Photoreceptor degeneration has been detected as early as age of six years even in patients who remain asymptomatic until young adulthood. Does everyone with retinitis