"Retinal Degeneration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A retrogressive pathological change in the retina, focal or generalized, caused by genetic defects, inflammation, trauma, vascular disease, or aging. Degeneration affecting predominantly the macula lutea of the retina is MACULAR DEGENERATION. (Newell, Ophthalmology: Principles and Concepts, 7th ed, p304)
Descriptor ID |
D012162
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MeSH Number(s) |
C11.768.585
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Concept/Terms |
Retinal Degeneration- Retinal Degeneration
- Degeneration, Retinal
- Degenerations, Retinal
- Retinal Degenerations
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2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Retinal Degeneration" by people in Profiles.
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Mitochondrial Retinopathy. Ophthalmol Retina. 2022 01; 6(1):65-79.
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Homozygosity mapping and whole exome sequencing provide exact diagnosis of Cohen syndrome in a Saudi family. Brain Dev. 2020 Sep; 42(8):587-593.
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SSBP1 mutations in dominant optic atrophy with variable retinal degeneration. Ann Neurol. 2019 09; 86(3):368-383.
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PEX6 is Expressed in Photoreceptor Cilia and Mutated in Deafblindness with Enamel Dysplasia and Microcephaly. Hum Mutat. 2016 Feb; 37(2):170-4.
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Mutations in PLK4, encoding a master regulator of centriole biogenesis, cause microcephaly, growth failure and retinopathy. Nat Genet. 2014 Dec; 46(12):1283-1292.
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A hereditary spastic paraplegia mouse model supports a role of ZFYVE26/SPASTIZIN for the endolysosomal system. PLoS Genet. 2013; 9(12):e1003988.
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Five patients with novel overlapping interstitial deletions in 8q22.2q22.3. Am J Med Genet A. 2011 Aug; 155A(8):1857-64.
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Cohen syndrome diagnosis using whole genome arrays. J Med Genet. 2011 Feb; 48(2):136-40.