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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Macular Degeneration
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Degeneración Macular
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Degeneração Macular
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Synonyms English:
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Maculopathy, Age-Related
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Tree Number:
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C11.768.585.439
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Definition English:
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Degenerative changes in the RETINA usually of older adults which results in a loss of vision in the center of the visual field (the MACULA LUTEA) because of damage to the retina. It occurs in dry and wet forms. |
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See Related English:
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Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy
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History Note English:
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79(75); was see under RETINAL DEGENERATION 1970-78
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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8440
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Unique Identifier:
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D008268
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Similar:
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DeCS CID-10 SciELO LILACS LIS
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