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Eye Diseases > Refractive Errors > Myopia > Myopia, Degenerative

Preferred term

Myopia, Degenerative  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Myopia, Pathological
  • Myopias, Pathological
  • Pathological Myopia
  • Pathological Myopias

Scope note

  • Excessive axial myopia associated with complications (especially posterior staphyloma and CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION) that can lead to BLINDNESS.

History note

  • 2005

In other languages

  • rappeuttava likitaittoisuus

    Finnish

  • degeneroiva likitaittoisuus
  • degeneroiva myopia
  • etenevä likitaittoisuus
  • etenevä myopia
  • myopia degenerativa
  • patologinen likitaittoisuus
  • patologinen myopia
  • progressiivinen likitaittoisuus
  • progressiivinen myopia
  • rappeuttava myopia
  • Degenerativ myopi

    Swedish

  • Patologisk myopia
  • Progressiv myopi

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D047728

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