 Myopia, Degenerative
"Myopia, Degenerative" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Excessive axial myopia associated with complications (especially posterior staphyloma and CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION) that can lead to BLINDNESS.
| Descriptor ID |
D047728
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.744.636.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Myopia, Degenerative- Myopia, Degenerative
- Degenerative Myopia
- Degenerative Myopias
- Myopias, Degenerative
- Myopia, Pathological
- Myopias, Pathological
- Pathological Myopia
- Pathological Myopias
Myopia, Progressive- Myopia, Progressive
- Myopias, Progressive
- Progressive Myopia
- Progressive Myopias
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Myopia, Degenerative" by people in Profiles.
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Ritchey ER, Zelinka CP, Tang J, Liu J, Fischer AJ. The combination of IGF1 and FGF2 and the induction of excessive ocular growth and extreme myopia. Exp Eye Res. 2012 Jun; 99:1-16.
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Gwiazda J, Hyman L, Dong LM, Everett D, Norton T, Kurtz D, Manny R, Marsh-Tootle W, Scheiman M. Factors associated with high myopia after 7 years of follow-up in the Correction of Myopia Evaluation Trial (COMET) Cohort. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2007 Jul-Aug; 14(4):230-7.
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