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Corneal Ulcer

"Corneal Ulcer" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Loss of epithelial tissue from the surface of the cornea due to progressive erosion and necrosis of the tissue; usually caused by bacterial, fungal, or viral infection.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Corneal Ulcer" by people in this website by year, and whether "Corneal Ulcer" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 5 publications over 5 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2000 and 2013 and 2016 and 2017 and 2019
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