 Aniridia
"Aniridia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A congenital abnormality in which there is only a rudimentary iris. This is due to the failure of the optic cup to grow. Aniridia also occurs in a hereditary form, usually autosomal dominant.
| Descriptor ID |
D015783
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.250.060 C11.270.060 C11.941.375.060 C16.131.384.079 C16.320.290.078
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| Concept/Terms |
Aniridia- Aniridia
- Irideremia
- Absent Iris
- Congenital Aniridia
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Aniridia" by people in Profiles.
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Lind KT, Cost NG, Zegar K, Kuldanek SA, Enzenauer RW, Schneider KW. A rare case of an isolated PAX6 mutation, aniridia, and Wilms tumor. Ophthalmic Genet. 2021 04; 42(2):216-217.
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Siomos AK, Mitchell MB, Fonseca BM. Successful surgical repair of a massive window duct in a 1-month old with aniridia and pulmonary interstitial glycogenosis. Cardiol Young. 2015 Mar; 25(3):594-6.
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Crispin SM, Bazeley KJ, Long SE, Gould DJ, Watts JA. Two cases of aniridia in Llanwenog sheep. Vet Rec. 2000 Sep 23; 147(13):364-5.
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