 Exfoliation Syndrome
"Exfoliation Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The deposition of flaky, translucent fibrillar material most conspicuous on the anterior lens capsule and pupillary margin but also in both surfaces of the iris, the zonules, trabecular meshwork, ciliary body, corneal endothelium, and orbital blood vessels. It sometimes forms a membrane on the anterior iris surface. Exfoliation refers to the shedding of pigment by the iris. (Newell, Ophthalmology, 7th ed, p380)
| Descriptor ID |
D017889
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.941.375.285
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| Concept/Terms |
Exfoliation Syndrome- Exfoliation Syndrome
- Exfoliation Syndromes
- Syndrome, Exfoliation
- Syndromes, Exfoliation
- Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome
- Pseudoexfoliation Syndromes
- Syndrome, Pseudoexfoliation
- Syndromes, Pseudoexfoliation
- Exfoliation Glaucoma
- Exfoliative Syndrome
- Exfoliative Syndromes
- Syndrome, Exfoliative
- Syndromes, Exfoliative
- Pseudoexfoliation Of The Lens
- Glaucoma Capsulare
- Pseudo-Exfoliation Syndrome
- Pseudo Exfoliation Syndrome
- Pseudo-Exfoliation Syndromes
- Syndrome, Pseudo-Exfoliation
- Syndromes, Pseudo-Exfoliation
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Exfoliation Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Manoharan N, Patnaik JL, Bonnell LN, SooHoo JR, Pantcheva MB, Kahook MY, Wagner BD, Lynch AM, Seibold LK. Refractive outcomes of phacoemulsification cataract surgery in glaucoma patients. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2018 Mar; 44(3):348-354.
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Kulkarni SS, Kompella UB. Potential drug delivery approaches for XFS-associated and XFS-associated glaucoma. J Glaucoma. 2014 Oct-Nov; 23(8 Suppl 1):S77-9.
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Wiggs JL, Yaspan BL, Hauser MA, Kang JH, Allingham RR, Olson LM, Abdrabou W, Fan BJ, Wang DY, Brodeur W, Budenz DL, Caprioli J, Crenshaw A, Crooks K, Delbono E, Doheny KF, Friedman DS, Gaasterland D, Gaasterland T, Laurie C, Lee RK, Lichter PR, Loomis S, Liu Y, Medeiros FA, McCarty C, Mirel D, Moroi SE, Musch DC, Realini A, Rozsa FW, Schuman JS, Scott K, Singh K, Stein JD, Trager EH, Vanveldhuisen P, Vollrath D, Wollstein G, Yoneyama S, Zhang K, Weinreb RN, Ernst J, Kellis M, Masuda T, Zack D, Richards JE, Pericak-Vance M, Pasquale LR, Haines JL. Common variants at 9p21 and 8q22 are associated with increased susceptibility to optic nerve degeneration in glaucoma. PLoS Genet. 2012; 8(4):e1002654.
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