"Corneal Opacity" 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.
Disorder occurring in the central or peripheral area of the cornea. The usual degree of transparency becomes relatively opaque.
| Descriptor ID |
D003318
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.204.299
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| Concept/Terms |
Corneal Opacity- Corneal Opacity
- Corneal Opacities
- Opacities, Corneal
- Opacity, Corneal
- Leukoma
- Leukomas
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Corneal Opacity" by people in Profiles.
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Chen S, Sun M, Meng X, Iozzo RV, Kao WW, Birk DE. Pathophysiological mechanisms of autosomal dominant congenital stromal corneal dystrophy: C-terminal-truncated decorin results in abnormal matrix assembly and altered expression of small leucine-rich proteoglycans. Am J Pathol. 2011 Nov; 179(5):2409-19.