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Descriptor English: Photophobia
Descriptor Spanish: Fotofobia
Descriptor fotofobia
Entry term(s) sensibilidad a la luz
Scope note: Sensibilidad anormal a la luz. Puede producirse como manifestación de ENFERMEDADES OCULARES, MIGRAÑA, HEMORRAGIA SUBARACNOIDEA, MENINGITIS y de otros trastornos. La fotofobia puede producirse también en asociación con DEPRESIÓN y otros TRASTORNOS MENTALES.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fotofobia
Descriptor French: Photophobie
Entry term(s): Light Sensitivities
Light Sensitivity
Photophobias
Sensitivities, Light
Sensitivity, Light
Tree number(s): C10.597.751.941.661
C11.966.741
C23.888.592.763.941.661
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020795
Scope note: Abnormal sensitivity to light. This may occur as a manifestation of EYE DISEASES; MIGRAINE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; MENINGITIS; and other disorders. Photophobia may also occur in association with DEPRESSION and other MENTAL DISORDERS.
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: Eye Diseases (1968-1999)
Vision Disorders (1968-1999)
Public MeSH Note: 2000
History Note: 2000
DeCS ID: 34334
Unique ID: D020795
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Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/03
Photophobia - Preferred
Concept UI M0328261
Scope note Abnormal sensitivity to light. This may occur as a manifestation of EYE DISEASES; MIGRAINE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; MENINGITIS; and other disorders. Photophobia may also occur in association with DEPRESSION and other MENTAL DISORDERS.
Preferred term Photophobia
Entry term(s) Light Sensitivities
Light Sensitivity
Photophobias
Sensitivities, Light
Sensitivity, Light



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