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Descriptor English: National Eye Institute (U.S.)
Descriptor Spanish: National Eye Institute (U.S.)
Descriptor National Eye Institute (U.S.)
Entry term(s) Instituto Nacional del Ojo (EE UU)
Instituto Nacional del Ojo (EE. UU.)
Instituto Nacional del Ojo (EEUU)
Instituto Nacional del Ojo (Estados Unidos)
NEI (Estados Unidos)
National Eye Institute (Estados Unidos)
Scope note: Institución que forma parte de los NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (Institutos Nacionales de Salud). Lleva a cabo y apoya la investigación sobre las causas, el diagnóstico y el tratamiento de las enfermedades oculares y del aparato visual. Originalmente formó parte del Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neurológicas y la Ceguera (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness). Se fundó en 1968.
Descriptor Portuguese: National Eye Institute (U.S.)
Descriptor French: National Eye Institute (USA)
Entry term(s): NEI (US)
National Eye Institute
Tree number(s): I01.409.418.750.600.650.496.200
N03.540.052.750.200
N03.540.348.500.500.600.650.496.200
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054554
Scope note: Component of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. It conducts and supports research on the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the eye and visual system. It was originally part of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness. The National Eye Institute was established in 1968.
Annotation: add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., EXTRAMURAL or RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., INTRAMURAL; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: National Institutes of Health (1968-2007)
Public MeSH Note: 2008
History Note: 2008
DeCS ID: 52920
Unique ID: D054554
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 2007/07/09
Revision Date: 2016/12/16
National Eye Institute (U.S.) - Preferred
Concept UI M0506080
Scope note Component of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. It conducts and supports research on the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the eye and visual system. It was originally part of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness. The National Eye Institute was established in 1968.
Preferred term National Eye Institute (U.S.)
Entry term(s) NEI (US)
National Eye Institute



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