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Descriptor English: Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
Descriptor Spanish: Retinitis por Citomegalovirus
Descriptor retinitis por citomegalovirus
Scope note: Infección retiniana producida por citomegalovirus y caracterizada por necrosis, hemorragia, envainamiento de los vasos y edema de retina. La retinitis por citomegalovirus es una importante infección oportunista de los pacientes que padecen sida, y puede causar ceguera.
Descriptor Portuguese: Retinite por Citomegalovirus
Descriptor French: Rétinite à cytomégalovirus
Entry term(s): Cytomegaloviral Retinitis
Retinitis, Cytomegaloviral
Retinitis, Cytomegalovirus
Tree number(s): C01.375.725.270
C01.925.256.466.245.150
C01.925.325.270
C11.294.800.270
C11.768.773.360
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017726
Scope note: Infection of the retina by cytomegalovirus characterized by retinal necrosis, hemorrhage, vessel sheathing, and retinal edema. Cytomegalovirus retinitis is a major opportunistic infection in AIDS patients and can cause blindness.
Annotation: often an opportunistic infect in AIDS
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
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Cytomegalovirus Infections (1972-1993)
Retinitis (1972-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
DeCS ID: 31520
Unique ID: D017726
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/06/04
Cytomegalovirus Retinitis - Preferred
Concept UI M0026791
Scope note Infection of the retina by cytomegalovirus characterized by retinal necrosis, hemorrhage, vessel sheathing, and retinal edema. Cytomegalovirus retinitis is a major opportunistic infection in AIDS patients and can cause blindness.
Preferred term Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
Entry term(s) Cytomegaloviral Retinitis
Retinitis, Cytomegaloviral
Retinitis, Cytomegalovirus



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