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Myopia, Degenerative
MeSH Descriptor Data 2024
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MeSH Heading
Myopia, Degenerative
Tree Number(s)
C11.744.636.500
Unique ID
D047728
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D047728
Scope Note
Excessive axial myopia associated with complications (especially posterior staphyloma and
CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION
) that can lead to
BLINDNESS
.
Entry Term(s)
Myopia, Pathological
Myopia, Progressive
Previous Indexing
Myopia (1965-2004)
Public MeSH Note
2005
History Note
2005
Date Established
2005/01/01
Date of Entry
2004/07/07
Revision Date
2004/07/29
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)
Eye Diseases [C11]
Refractive Errors [C11.744]
Myopia [C11.744.636]
Myopia, Degenerative [C11.744.636.500]
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Myopia, Degenerative
Preferred
Concept UI
M0459480
Scope Note
Excessive axial myopia associated with complications (especially posterior staphyloma and
CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION
) that can lead to
BLINDNESS
.
Terms
Myopia, Degenerative
Preferred Term
Term UI
T569673
Date
01/21/2004
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2005)
Myopia, Pathological
Term UI
T569674
Date
01/21/2004
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2005)
Myopia, Progressive
Related
Concept UI
M0459481
Scope Note
Myopia that increases at an abnormally rapid rate or increases after maturity (Hofstetter et al, Dictionary of Visual Science and Related Clinical Terms, 5th ed).
Terms
Myopia, Progressive
Preferred Term
Term UI
T569675
Date
01/21/2004
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2005)
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