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Abstract
A group of rare, idiopathic, congenital retinal vascular anomalies affecting the retinal capillaries. It is characterized by dilation and tortuosity of retinal vessels and formation of multiple aneurysms, with different degrees of leakage and exudates emanating from the blood vessels.
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- Coats Disease
- Coats' Disease
- Coat Disease
- Retinal Telangiectases
- Telangiectases, Retinal
- Telangiectasis, Retinal
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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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2011
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- Retinal Vessels (1967-2010)
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- National Library of Medicine. Retinal Telangiectasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D058456. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D058456
- Retinal Telangiectasis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coats%27_disease
- Retinal Telangiectasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q915322