"Vitreous Detachment" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Detachment of the corpus vitreum (VITREOUS BODY) from its normal attachments, especially the retina, due to shrinkage from degenerative or inflammatory conditions, trauma, myopia, or senility.
| Descriptor ID |
D020255
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.980
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| Concept/Terms |
Vitreous Detachment- Vitreous Detachment
- Detachment, Vitreous
- Detachments, Vitreous
- Vitreous Detachments
Posterior Vitreous Detachment- Posterior Vitreous Detachment
- Detachment, Posterior Vitreous
- Detachments, Posterior Vitreous
- Posterior Vitreous Detachments
- Vitreous Detachment, Posterior
- Vitreous Detachments, Posterior
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vitreous Detachment" by people in Profiles.
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Effects of core vitrectomy in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration. Acta Ophthalmol. 2014 Aug; 92(5):465-72.
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Spectral domain optical coherence tomography of combined hamartoma of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2009 May-Jun; 40(3):322-4.