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MeSH Heading: Asthenopia
Tree Number(s): C11.093
Unique ID: D001248
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001248
Annotation: ocular fatigue
Scope Note: Term generally used to describe complaints related to refractive error, ocular muscle imbalance, including pain or aching around the eyes, burning and itchiness of the eyelids, ocular fatigue, and headaches.
Entry Term(s): Eye Fatigue; Eyestrain; Fatigue, Visual; Visual Fatigue
NLM Classification #: WW 140
Public MeSH Note: EYESTRAIN was heading 1963-67
Online Note: use ASTHENOPIA to search EYESTRAIN 1966-67
History Note: EYESTRAIN was heading 1963-67
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1997/06/20

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

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congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0001884
Scope Note: Term generally used to describe complaints related to refractive error, ocular muscle imbalance, including pain or aching around the eyes, burning and itchiness of the eyelids, ocular fatigue, and headaches.
Terms: Asthenopia Preferred Term
Term UI T003736
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Eyestrain
Term UI T003737
Date03/29/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Fatigue, Visual
Term UI T003738
Date02/14/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Visual Fatigue
Term UI T003739
Date09/13/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Eye Fatigue
Term UI T003740
Date07/29/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

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