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MeSH Heading: Retinoschisis
Tree Number(s): C11.768.585.865
Unique ID: D041441
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D041441
Scope Note: A vitreoretinal dystrophy characterized by splitting of the neuroretinal layers. It occurs in two forms: degenerative retinoschisis and X chromosome-linked juvenile retinoschisis.
Entry Term(s): Congenital X-Linked Retinoschisis; Retinoschisis X-Linked Juvenile; Retinoschisis, Degenerative; Retinoschisis, Juvenile; Retinoschisis, Juvenile, X Chromosome-Linked; Retinoschisis, Juvenile, X-Linked; Retinoschisis, X-Linked; X-Linked Juvenile Retinoschisis; X-Linked Retinoschisis
Previous Indexing: Retinal Degeneration (1969-2002); Retinal Diseases (1970-2002)
See Also: Retinal Detachment
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/18
Revision Date: 2018/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

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: M0430675
Scope Note: X chromosome recessive disorder, found nearly exclusively in males and becoming apparent around puberty. Characterized initially by a cystlike structure involving the FOVEA CENTRALIS, a peripheral retinoschisis occurs in about half the patients.
Terms: Retinoschisis, Juvenile, X-Linked Preferred Term
Term UI T503756
Date07/12/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Retinoschisis, Juvenile, X Chromosome-Linked
Term UI T503764
Date07/12/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003); X-Linked Juvenile Retinoschisis
Term UI T768280
Date03/31/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Retinoschisis X-Linked Juvenile
Term UI T768281
Date03/31/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Congenital X-Linked Retinoschisis
Term UI T842755
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID GHR (2014); Retinoschisis, X-Linked
Term UI T503757
Date07/12/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003); X-Linked Retinoschisis
Term UI T503759
Date07/12/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Retinoschisis, Juvenile
Term UI T503758
Date07/12/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003)

Retinoschisis MeSH Descriptor Data 2025