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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Wet Macular Degeneration
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Descriptor Spanish:
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degeneración macular exudativa
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Degeneração Macular Exsudativa
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Synonyms English:
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Degeneration, Wet Macular
Degenerations, Wet Macular
Macular Degeneration, Wet
Macular Degenerations, Wet
Wet Macular Degenerations
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Tree Number:
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C11.768.585.439.622
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Definition English:
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A form of RETINAL DEGENERATION in which abnormal CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION occurs under the RETINA and MACULA LUTEA, causing bleeding and leaking of fluid. This leads to bulging and or lifting of the macula and the distortion or destruction of central vision. |
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History Note English:
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2010
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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53531
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Unique Identifier:
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D057135
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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