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Descriptor English: Microphthalmos
Descriptor Spanish: Microftalmía
Descriptor microftalmos
Scope note: Anomalía congénita o del desarrollo en la que los globos oculares son anormalmente pequeños.
Descriptor Portuguese: Microftalmia
Descriptor French: Microphtalmie
Entry term(s): Microphthalmia
Tree number(s): C11.250.566
C16.131.384.666
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008850
Scope note: Congenital or developmental anomaly in which the eyeballs are abnormally small.
Annotation: abnormally small eyeball; do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
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: 67
History Note: 67(64)
DeCS ID: 28171
Unique ID: D008850
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Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Microphthalmos - Preferred
Concept UI M0013805
Scope note Congenital or developmental anomaly in which the eyeballs are abnormally small.
Preferred term Microphthalmos
Entry term(s) Microphthalmia



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