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Wet Macular Degeneration
MeSH Descriptor Data 2024
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Wet Macular Degeneration
Tree Number(s)
C11.768.585.439.622
Unique ID
D057135
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057135
Scope Note
A form of
RETINAL DEGENERATION
in which abnormal
CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION
occurs under the
RETINA
and
MACULA LUTEA
, causing bleeding and leaking of fluid. This leads to bulging and or lifting of the macula and the distortion or destruction of central vision.
Previous Indexing
Retinal Degeneration (1973-2009)
Public MeSH Note
2010
History Note
2010
Date Established
2010/01/01
Date of Entry
2009/07/06
Revision Date
2009/08/20
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)
Eye Diseases [C11]
Retinal Diseases [C11.768]
Retinal Degeneration [C11.768.585]
Macular Degeneration [C11.768.585.439]
Geographic Atrophy [C11.768.585.439.122]
Macular Edema [C11.768.585.439.245]
Stargardt Disease [C11.768.585.439.339]
Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy [C11.768.585.439.433]
Wet Macular Degeneration [C11.768.585.439.622]
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Wet Macular Degeneration
Preferred
Concept UI
M0534746
Scope Note
A form of
RETINAL DEGENERATION
in which abnormal
CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION
occurs under the
RETINA
and
MACULA LUTEA
, causing bleeding and leaking of fluid. This leads to bulging and or lifting of the macula and the distortion or destruction of central vision.
Terms
Wet Macular Degeneration
Preferred Term
Term UI
T749443
Date
04/16/2009
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2010)
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