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MeSH Heading: Glaucoma, Open-Angle
Tree Number(s): C11.525.381.407
Unique ID: D005902
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005902
Annotation: do not confuse with GLAUCOMA, CLOSED-ANGLE see GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE
Scope Note: Glaucoma in which the angle of the anterior chamber is open and the trabecular meshwork does not encroach on the base of the iris.
Entry Term(s): Chronic Primary Open Angle Glaucoma; Glaucoma Simplex; Glaucoma, Compensated; Glaucoma, Compensative; Glaucoma, Open Angle; Glaucoma, Pigmentary; Glaucoma, Primary Open Angle; Glaucoma, Secondary Open Angle; Glaucoma, Simple; Open-Angle Glaucoma; Primary Open Angle Glaucoma; Secondary Open Angle Glaucoma
NLM Classification #: WW 290
Previous Indexing: Glaucoma (1966-1981)
See Also: Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome
Public MeSH Note: 1982; GLAUCOMA, PRIMARY OPEN ANGLE was indexed under GLAUCOMA, OPEN ANGLE 2013-2017
History Note: 1982
Date Established: 1982/01/01
Date of Entry: 1981/02/24
Revision Date: 2017/06/20

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: M0009261
Scope Note: Glaucoma in which the angle of the anterior chamber is open and the trabecular meshwork does not encroach on the base of the iris.
Terms: Glaucoma, Open-Angle Preferred Term
Term UI T017840
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1982); Glaucoma Simplex
Term UI T017842
Date03/16/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Glaucoma, Compensated
Term UI T017844
Date04/17/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Glaucoma, Compensative
Term UI T017843
Date04/17/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Glaucoma, Open Angle
Term UI T017838
Date02/24/1981
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Glaucoma, Pigmentary
Term UI T017841
Date02/09/1983
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Glaucoma, Simple
Term UI T017837
Date02/24/1981
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Open-Angle Glaucoma
Term UI T017839
Date03/16/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990)

Glaucoma, Open-Angle MeSH Descriptor Data 2024