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Abstract
Absence of crystalline lens totally or partially from field of vision, from any cause except after cataract extraction. Aphakia is mainly congenital or as result of LENS DISLOCATION AND SUBLUXATION.
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- Aphakic Eye
- Aphakias
- Aphakic Eyes
- Eye, Aphakic
- Aphakic Eye, Post-traumatic
- Aphakic Eye, Traumatic
- Aphakic Eye, Post traumatic
- Aphakic Eyes, Post-traumatic
- Eye, Traumatic Aphakic
- Post-traumatic Aphakic Eye
- Post-traumatic Aphakic Eyes
- Traumatic Aphakic Eye
- Traumatic Aphakic Eyes
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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absence of lens from any cause (congen, inj, dis); /congen permitted; after cataract extract = APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT; "aphakic eye" is probably APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT but PSEUDOPHAKIA is available for the postcataract eye fitted with an intraocular lens
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- Lens, Crystalline (1966-1977)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Aphakia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001035. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001035
- Aphakia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphakia
- Aphakia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q558623