Corneal Opacity
"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Corneal Opacity" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Corneal Opacity" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Corneal Opacity" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Pakbin M, Khabazkhoob M, Pakravan M, Fotouhi A, Jafarzadehpur E, Aghamirsalim M, Hashemi H. Corneal Scheimpflug Densitometry in Photorefractive Keratectomy Candidates. Cornea. 2020 Nov; 39(11):1381-1388.
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Riedl JC, Schuster AK, Musayeva A, Wasielica-Poslednik J, Marx-Gross S, Gericke A. Effects of Superficial Keratectomy in Peripheral Hypertrophic Subepithelial Corneal Opacification on Front and Back Corneal Astigmatism. Curr Eye Res. 2021 03; 46(3):284-289.
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Riedl JC, Musayeva A, Wasielica-Poslednik J, Weyer-Elberich V, Pfeiffer N, Gericke A. Analysis of the Corneal Anterior and Posterior Surface in Patients With Peripheral Hypertrophic Subepithelial Corneal Opacification. Eye Contact Lens. 2020 Mar; 46(2):105-109.