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Descriptor English: Corneal Ulcer
Descriptor Spanish: Úlcera de la Córnea
Descriptor úlcera corneal
Entry term(s) queratitis ulcerativa
úlcera de la córnea
Scope note: Pérdida de tejido epitelial de la superficie de la córnea debida a la erosión progresiva y necrosis del tejido. Suele estar causada por infecciones bacterianas, micóticas o víricas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Úlcera da Córnea
Descriptor French: Ulcère de la cornée
Entry term(s): Keratitides, Ulcerative
Keratitis, Ulcerative
Ulcer, Corneal
Ulcerative Keratitides
Ulcerative Keratitis
Tree number(s): C01.375.177
C11.204.564.225
C11.294.177
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003320
Scope note: Loss of epithelial tissue from the surface of the cornea due to progressive erosion and necrosis of the tissue; usually caused by bacterial, fungal, or viral infection.
Annotation: a form of keratitis
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
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65(64)
Related: Canaliculitis MeSH
DeCS ID: 27978
Unique ID: D003320
NLM Classification: WW 220
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Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/26
Corneal Ulcer - Preferred
Concept UI M0005185
Scope note Loss of epithelial tissue from the surface of the cornea due to progressive erosion and necrosis of the tissue; usually caused by bacterial, fungal, or viral infection.
Preferred term Corneal Ulcer
Entry term(s) Keratitides, Ulcerative
Keratitis, Ulcerative
Ulcer, Corneal
Ulcerative Keratitides
Ulcerative Keratitis



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