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Abstract
A group of disorders involving predominantly the posterior portion of the ocular fundus, due to degeneration in the sensory layer of the RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CHOROID; or a combination of these tissues.
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- Dystrophies, Retinal
- Dystrophy, Retinal
- Retinal Dystrophy
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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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Indexing Annotation
CONE-ROD DYSTROPHY see RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA is also available
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History Note
2011
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- Retinal Degeneration (2001-2010)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Retinal Dystrophies. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D058499. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D058499
- Retinal Dystrophies. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5811451