"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 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Myopia, Degenerative" by people in Profiles.
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Brittle cornea syndrome: a case report and comparison with Ehlers Danlos syndrome. J AAPOS. 2014 Oct; 18(5):509-11.
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Prevalence of cataract type in relation to axial length in subjects with high myopia and emmetropia in an Indian population. Am J Ophthalmol. 2008 Jan; 145(1):176-181.