"Sclera" 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.
The white, opaque, fibrous, outer tunic of the eyeball, covering it entirely excepting the segment covered anteriorly by the cornea. It is essentially avascular but contains apertures for vessels, lymphatics, and nerves. It receives the tendons of insertion of the extraocular muscles and at the corneoscleral junction contains the canal of Schlemm. (From Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D012590
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A09.371.784
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sclera" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sclera" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2016 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sclera" by people in Profiles.
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Vagaggini T, Adams OE, Curran CD, Prairie ML, Baker MJ, Sastry A, Ryan EH, Parke DW, Mittra RA, Tang PH. Clinical Factors and Outcomes of Acute-Onset Endophthalmitis Following Small-Gauge Pars Plana Vitrectomy Surgery. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2023 07; 54(7):395-400.
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Stamer WD, Perkumas KM, Kang MH, Dibas M, Robinson MR, Rhee DJ. Proposed Mechanism of Long-Term Intraocular Pressure Lowering With the Bimatoprost Implant. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2023 03 01; 64(3):15.
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Patel M, Wingert AM, Sridhar J. Blue Sclera and Retinal Hyperpigmentation in a Patient With Long-term Minocycline Use. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2022 06 01; 140(6):e221848.
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Zhu Z, Waxman S, Wang B, Wallace J, Schmitt SE, Tyler-Kabara E, Ishikawa H, Schuman JS, Smith MA, Wollstein G, Sigal IA. Interplay between intraocular and intracranial pressure effects on the optic nerve head in vivo. Exp Eye Res. 2021 12; 213:108809.
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Yu J, Syed ZA, Rapuano CJ. Infectious Scleritis: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management. Eye Contact Lens. 2021 08 01; 47(8):434-441.
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Vingopoulos F, Nair A, See CW, Iyengar N, Haberman I, Sperber L, Lazzaro DR, Singh R, Ho A, Gupta O, Sharma S, Modi Y. POSITION OF IN-THE-BAG POSTERIOR CHAMBER INTRAOCULAR LENSES RELATIVE TO THE LIMBUS: Applications to Scleral-Sutured Lenses. Retina. 2021 Jul 01; 41(7):1533-1540.
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Wong HM, Kam KW, Rapuano CJ, Young AL. A Systematic Review on Three Major Types of Scleral-Fixated Intraocular Lens Implantation. Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila). 2021 Jan 19; 10(4):388-396.
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Swogger J, Conner IP, Rosano M, Kemmerer M, Happ-Smith C, Wells A, Schuman JS, Yates CC. Injected Versus Sponge-Applied Mitomycin C (MMC) During Modified Trabeculectomy in New Zealand White Rabbit Model. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2020 10; 9(11):23.
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Fathy CA, Lally SE, Syed ZA. In the Context of Cicatricial Disease. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020 10 01; 138(10):1095-1096.
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Hua Y, Voorhees AP, Jan NJ, Wang B, Waxman S, Schuman JS, Sigal IA. Role of radially aligned scleral collagen fibers in optic nerve head biomechanics. Exp Eye Res. 2020 10; 199:108188.