"Posterior Eye Segment" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The back two-thirds of the eye that includes the anterior hyaloid membrane and all of the optical structures behind it: the VITREOUS HUMOR; RETINA; CHOROID; and OPTIC NERVE.
| Descriptor ID |
D057972
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A09.371.714
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| Concept/Terms |
Posterior Eye Segment- Posterior Eye Segment
- Eye Segment, Posterior
- Eye Segments, Posterior
- Posterior Eye Segments
- Segment, Posterior Eye
- Segments, Posterior Eye
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Posterior Eye Segment" by people in Profiles.
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How are we improving the delivery to back of the eye? Advances and challenges of novel therapeutic approaches. Expert Opin Drug Deliv. 2017 10; 14(10):1145-1162.
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Contribution of mucoviscosity-associated gene A (magA) to virulence in experimental Klebsiella pneumoniae endophthalmitis. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011 Aug 29; 52(9):6860-6.