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The deposition of flaky, translucent fibrillar material most conspicuous on the anterior lens capsule and pupillary margin but also in both surfaces of the iris, the zonules, trabecular meshwork, ciliary body, corneal endothelium, and orbital blood vessels. It sometimes forms a membrane on the anterior iris surface. Exfoliation refers to the shedding of pigment by the iris. (Newell, Ophthalmology, 7th ed, p380)
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- Exfoliation Glaucoma
- Exfoliative Syndrome
- Glaucoma Capsulare
- Pseudo-Exfoliation Syndrome
- Pseudoexfoliation Of The Lens
- Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome
- Exfoliation Syndromes
- Exfoliative Syndromes
- Pseudo Exfoliation Syndrome
- Pseudo-Exfoliation Syndromes
- Pseudoexfoliation Syndromes
- Syndrome, Exfoliation
- Syndrome, Exfoliative
- Syndrome, Pseudo-Exfoliation
- Syndrome, Pseudoexfoliation
- Syndromes, Exfoliation
- Syndromes, Exfoliative
- Syndromes, Pseudo-Exfoliation
- Syndromes, Pseudoexfoliation
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, 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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shedding of pigment from the iris
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- Eye Diseases (1966-1976)
- Glaucoma (1972-1993)
- Glaucoma, Open-Angle (1982-1993)
- Lens Diseases (1977-1993)
- Lens, Crystalline (1966-1976)
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- National Library of Medicine. Exfoliation Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017889. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017889
- Exfoliation Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoexfoliation_syndrome
- Exfoliation Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3824795