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Descriptor English: Uveitis, Posterior
Descriptor Spanish: Uveítis Posterior
Descriptor uveítis posterior
Scope note: Inflamación de la coroides y también de la retina y del cuerpo vítreo. Generalmente suele haber alguna forma de trastorno visual. Las características más importantes de la uveítis posterior son las opacidades del vítreo, coroiditis y corioretinitis.
Descriptor Portuguese: Uveíte Posterior
Descriptor French: Uvéite postérieure
Entry term(s): Posterior Uveitis
Tree number(s): C11.941.879.780.900
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015866
Scope note: Inflammation of the choroid as well as the retina and vitreous body. Some form of visual disturbance is usually present. The most important characteristics of posterior uveitis are vitreous opacities, choroiditis, and chorioretinitis.
Annotation: inflammation of the choroid, retina & vitreous body; of choroid alone = CHOROIDITIS; of choroid + retina = CHORIORETINITIS; of vitreous body alone = VITREOUS BODY (IM) + EYE DISEASES (NIM)
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
Previous Indexing: Uveitis (1966-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 90
History Note: 90
DeCS ID: 24909
Unique ID: D015866
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Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/05/25
Revision Date: 1990/05/29
Uveitis, Posterior - Preferred
Concept UI M0024294
Scope note Inflammation of the choroid as well as the retina and vitreous body. Some form of visual disturbance is usually present. The most important characteristics of posterior uveitis are vitreous opacities, choroiditis, and chorioretinitis.
Preferred term Uveitis, Posterior
Entry term(s) Posterior Uveitis



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