Retinal Degeneration

"Retinal Degeneration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A retrogressive pathological change in the retina, focal or generalized, caused by genetic defects, inflammation, trauma, vascular disease, or aging. Degeneration affecting predominantly the macula lutea of the retina is MACULAR DEGENERATION. (Newell, Ophthalmology: Principles and Concepts, 7th ed, p304)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Retinal Degeneration" by people in this website by year, and whether "Retinal Degeneration" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 22 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2003 and 2009 and 2016 and 2017 and 2018 and 2019 and 2021 and 2022 and 2023
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