Diseases

Scleral Diseases

General disorders of the sclera or white of the eye. They may include anatomic, embryologic, degenerative, or pigmentation defects.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

General disorders of the sclera or white of the eye. They may include anatomic, embryologic, degenerative, or pigmentation defects.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Sclera Diseases
  • Disease, Sclera
  • Disease, Scleral
  • Diseases, Sclera
  • Diseases, Scleral
  • Sclera Disease
  • Scleral Disease

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

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

inflamm dis = SCLERITIS

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History Note

89

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Previous Indexing

  • Eye Diseases (1966-1988)
  • Sclera (1966-1988)

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  1. C11w.790

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NLM Classification

WW 230

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Scleral Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015422. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015422
  2. Scleral Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18554064