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National Eye Institute (U.S.)

Component of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. It conducts and supports research on the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the eye and visual system. It was originally part of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness. The National Eye Institute was established in 1968.

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Component of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. It conducts and supports research on the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the eye and visual system. It was originally part of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness. The National Eye Institute was established in 1968.

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  • NEI (US)
  • National Eye Institute

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., EXTRAMURAL or RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., INTRAMURAL; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

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History Note

2008

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Previous Indexing

  • National Institutes of Health (1968-2007)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. National Eye Institute (U.S.). Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054554. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054554
  2. National Eye Institute (U.S.). In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Eye_Institute
  3. National Eye Institute (U.S.). In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1814921