"Chorioretinitis" 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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Inflammation of the choroid in which the sensory retina becomes edematous and opaque. The inflammatory cells and exudate may burst through the sensory retina to cloud the vitreous body.
| Descriptor ID |
D002825
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.768.773.348 C11.941.160.478.400 C11.941.879.780.900.300.318
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chorioretinitis" by people in Profiles.
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Traumatic chorioretinal rupture (sclopetaria). Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2013; 53(4):119-25.
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Use of intravitreous bevacizumab to treat macular edema in West Nile virus chorioretinitis. Arch Ophthalmol. 2012 Mar; 130(3):396-8.
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Longitudinal study of new eye lesions in children with toxoplasmosis who were not treated during the first year of life. Am J Ophthalmol. 2008 Sep; 146(3):375-384.
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Severe sulfadiazine hypersensitivity in a child with reactivated congenital toxoplasmic chorioretinitis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006 Mar; 25(3):270-2.
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Ophthalmic outcomes after prenatal and postnatal treatment of congenital toxoplasmosis. Am J Ophthalmol. 2003 Jun; 135(6):779-84.
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Vitritis and chorioretinitis in a patient with West Nile virus infection. Arch Ophthalmol. 2003 Feb; 121(2):205-7.
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A rabbit model for human cytomegalovirus-induced chorioretinal disease. J Infect Dis. 1993 Aug; 168(2):336-44.
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Ganciclovir--have we established clinical value in the treatment of cytomegalovirus infections? Ann Intern Med. 1988 Mar; 108(3):452-4.