Photobiomodulation therapy as a new hope therapy for retinitis pigmentosa: a systematic review
Ivana Beatrice Alberta,
Yufilia Suci Amelia,
Airina Stefanie
Abstract:Retinitis pigmentosa is one of the leading causes of hereditary blindness in developed countries and unfortunately there is currently no cure. Photobiomodulation therapy can penetrate the retina and optic nerve and restore the function of damaged mitochondria as an intracellular target. This study is proposed to review and analyze photobiomodulation as a strategy that has the potential to be a new hope therapy and non-invasive treatment for retinitis pigmentosa in the long term. PubMed® and Google Scholar were… Show more
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