"Sclera" 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 white, opaque, fibrous, outer tunic of the eyeball, covering it entirely excepting the segment covered anteriorly by the cornea. It is essentially avascular but contains apertures for vessels, lymphatics, and nerves. It receives the tendons of insertion of the extraocular muscles and at the corneoscleral junction contains the canal of Schlemm. (From Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D012590
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A09.371.784
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sclera" by people in Profiles.
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The Depressing Part of Retina: A Review of Scleral Depression and Scleral Indentation. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2021 02 01; 52(2):58-60.
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Prevalence of Ocular Surface Disease and Corneal Irregularity and Outcomes in Patients Using Therapeutic Scleral Lenses at a Tertiary Care Center. Eye Contact Lens. 2020 Nov; 46(6):364-367.
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Poststreptococcal syndrome presenting as posterior scleritis in a child. J AAPOS. 2017 Apr; 21(2):163-165.
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Corneoscleral Laceration and Ocular Burns Caused by Electronic Cigarette Explosions. Cornea. 2016 Jul; 35(7):1015-8.
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Pro-fibrotic pathway activation in trabecular meshwork and lamina cribrosa is the main driving force of glaucoma. Cell Cycle. 2016 06 17; 15(12):1643-52.
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Recurrent spontaneous scleral rupture in Marfan's syndrome. BMJ Case Rep. 2016 May 19; 2016.
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Reassessment of Scleral Depression in the Clinical Setting. Ophthalmology. 2015 Nov; 122(11):2360-1.
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Hot, liquid glass injury as a novel mechanism for intraocular foreign body. Eye (Lond). 2012 Aug; 26(8):1145-9.
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Polyethylene glycol hydrogel polymer sealant for vitrectomy surgery: an in vitro study of sutureless vitrectomy incision closure. Arch Ophthalmol. 2011 Mar; 129(3):322-5.
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Polyethylene glycol hydrogel polymer sealant for closure of sutureless sclerotomies: a histologic study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2010 Sep; 150(3):346-351.e2.