Diseases

Choroideremia

An X chromosome-linked abnormality characterized by atrophy of the choroid and degeneration of the retinal pigment epithelium causing night blindness.

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Abstract

An X chromosome-linked abnormality characterized by atrophy of the choroid and degeneration of the retinal pigment epithelium causing night blindness.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Progressive Tapetochoroidal Dystrophy
  • Tapetochoroidal Dystrophy, Progressive
  • Choroideremias
  • Dystrophies, Progressive Tapetochoroidal
  • Dystrophy, Progressive Tapetochoroidal
  • Progressive Tapetochoroidal Dystrophies
  • Tapetochoroidal Dystrophies, Progressive

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

of the eye, not of the choroid plexus: progressive degen in male, nonprogressive in female

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History Note

90

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Previous Indexing

  • Choroid (1966-1989)
  • Eye Diseases (1966-1974)
  • Uveal Diseases/genetics (1977-1989)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Choroideremia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015794. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015794
  2. Choroideremia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choroideremia
  3. Choroideremia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2397009