 Optic Disk
"Optic Disk" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The portion of the optic nerve seen in the fundus with the ophthalmoscope. It is formed by the meeting of all the retinal ganglion cell axons as they enter the optic nerve.
| Descriptor ID |
D009898
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.120.680.660 A09.371.729.690
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| Concept/Terms |
Optic Disk- Optic Disk
- Disk, Optic
- Disks, Optic
- Optic Disks
- Optic Papilla
- Optic Papillas
- Papilla, Optic
- Papillas, Optic
- Optic Nerve Head
- Head, Optic Nerve
- Heads, Optic Nerve
- Nerve Head, Optic
- Nerve Heads, Optic
- Optic Nerve Heads
Blind Spot- Blind Spot
- Blind Spots
- Spot, Blind
- Spots, Blind
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| 1983 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1985 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Optic Disk" by people in Profiles.
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Chen TH, Farooq AV, Shah HA. Pediatric Patient With T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma and Acute Vision Loss. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018 Feb 01; 136(2):213-214.
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Senthil S, Turaga K. Bilateral normal tension glaucoma: Can this be nutritional? Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Jul; 65(7):625-628.
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Qiu M, Boland MV, Ramulu PY. Cup-to-Disc Ratio Asymmetry in U.S. Adults: Prevalence and Association with Glaucoma in the 2005-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Ophthalmology. 2017 08; 124(8):1229-1236.
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Riaz KM, Jampol LM, Mirza RG. Fundus autofluorescence imaging in punctate inner choroidopathy with blind spot enlargement. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2012 Dec; 20(6):460-3.
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Giampietro PF, Babu D, Koehn MA, Jacobson DM, Mueller-Schrader KA, Moretti C, Patten SF, Shaffer LG, Gorlin RJ, Dobyns WB. New syndrome: focal dermal hypoplasia, morning glory anomaly, and polymicrogyria. . 2004 Jan 15; 124A(2):202-8.
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Blair MP, Blair NP, Rheinstrom SD, Jednock NJ. A case of peripapillary staphyloma. Arch Ophthalmol. 2000 Aug; 118(8):1138-9.
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Hayashi N, Geraghty MT, Green WR. Ocular histopathologic study of a patient with the T 8993-G point mutation in Leigh's syndrome. Ophthalmology. 2000 Jul; 107(7):1397-402.
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Grunwald JE, Piltz J, Hariprasad SM, Dupont J, Maguire MG. Optic nerve blood flow in glaucoma: effect of systemic hypertension. Am J Ophthalmol. 1999 May; 127(5):516-22.
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Grunwald JE, Piltz J, Hariprasad SM, DuPont J. Optic nerve and choroidal circulation in glaucoma. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1998 Nov; 39(12):2329-36.
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Reidy JJ, Apple DJ, Steinmetz RL, Craythorn JM, Loftfield K, Gieser SC, Brady SE. Melanocytoma: nomenclature, pathogenesis, natural history and treatment. Surv Ophthalmol. 1985 Mar-Apr; 29(5):319-27.
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