Diseases

Choroid Diseases

Disorders of the choroid including hereditary choroidal diseases, neoplasms, and other abnormalities of the vascular layer of the uvea.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Disorders of the choroid including hereditary choroidal diseases, neoplasms, and other abnormalities of the vascular layer of the uvea.

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7 entry terms
  • Choroidal Diseases
  • Choroid Disease
  • Choroidal Disease
  • Disease, Choroid
  • Disease, Choroidal
  • Diseases, Choroid
  • Diseases, Choroidal

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35 allowable subheadings

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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Indexing Annotation

of the eye, not of the choroid plexus

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History Note

90

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Tree Number

  1. C11w.941.160

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WW 245

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Choroid Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015862. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015862
  2. Choroid Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18554701