Structured Summary
Abstract
Transmission of gene defects or chromosomal aberrations/abnormalities which are expressed in extreme variation in the structure or function of the eye. These may be evident at birth, but may be manifested later with progression of the disorder.
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Narrower headings
- Aicardi Syndrome
- Albinism
- Aniridia
- Choroideremia
- Coloboma
- Cone Dystrophy
- Cone-Rod Dystrophies
- Duane Retraction Syndrome
- Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathies
- Graves Ophthalmopathy
- Gyrate Atrophy
- Hereditary Corneal Dystrophies
- Hereditary Optic Atrophies
- Leber Congenital Amaurosis
- Optic Nerve Hypoplasia
- Retinal Degeneration
- Retinal Dysplasia
- Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Retinoblastoma
- Stargardt Disease
- Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy
- Walker-Warburg Syndrome
- Weill-Marchesani Syndrome
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Synonyms
3 entry terms
- Eye Diseases, Hereditary
- Eye Disease, Hereditary
- Hereditary Eye Disease
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Aspects Covered
34 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, 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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History Note
90
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Previous Indexing
- Eye Diseases/genetics (1966-1989)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Hereditary Eye Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015785. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015785
- Hereditary Eye Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54944284