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Descriptor English: Retinitis
Descriptor Spanish: Retinitis
Descriptor retinitis
Scope note: Inflamación de la RETINA. Raramente se limita a la retina, sino que comúnmente se asocia con enfermedades de la coroides (CORIORRETINITIS) y del DISCO ÓPTICO (neurorretinitis).
Descriptor Portuguese: Retinite
Descriptor French: Rétinite
Entry term(s): Neuroretinitis
Tree number(s): C11.768.773
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012173
Scope note: Inflammation of the RETINA. It is rarely limited to the retina, but is commonly associated with diseases of the choroid (CHORIORETINITIS) and of the OPTIC DISK (neuroretinitis).
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Related: Retinal Vasculitis MeSH
DeCS ID: 12589
Unique ID: D012173
NLM Classification: WW 270
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2002/07/03
Retinitis - Preferred
Concept UI M0018959
Scope note Inflammation of the RETINA. It is rarely limited to the retina, but is commonly associated with diseases of the choroid (CHORIORETINITIS) and of the OPTIC DISK (neuroretinitis).
Preferred term Retinitis
Neuroretinitis - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0374913
Preferred term Neuroretinitis



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