 Sclera
"Sclera" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The white, opaque, fibrous, outer tunic of the eyeball, covering it entirely excepting the segment covered anteriorly by the cornea. It is essentially avascular but contains apertures for vessels, lymphatics, and nerves. It receives the tendons of insertion of the extraocular muscles and at the corneoscleral junction contains the canal of Schlemm. (From Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
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D012590
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A09.371.784
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| 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sclera" by people in Profiles.
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Barak Y, Lee ES, Schaal S. Sealing effect of external diathermy on leaking sclerotomies after small-gauge vitrectomy: a clinicopathological report. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2014 Jul; 132(7):891-2.
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Su J, Iomdina E, Tarutta E, Ward B, Song J, Wildsoet CF. Effects of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) and poly(vinyl-pyrrolidone) hydrogel implants on myopic and normal chick sclera. Exp Eye Res. 2009 Mar; 88(3):445-57.
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Rivard MJ, Melhus CS, Sioshansi S, Morr J. The impact of prescription depth, dose rate, plaque size, and source loading on the central axis using 103Pd, 125I, and 131Cs. Brachytherapy. 2008 Oct-Dec; 7(4):327-35.
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Koevary SB, Lam V, Patsiopoulos G. Pharmacokinetics of insulin uptake by ocular tissues and the role of cerebrospinal fluid in optic nerve insulin accumulation following topical insulin application. Optometry. 2004 Mar; 75(3):183-8.
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Koevary S. Trends in the noncorneal delivery of drugs into the eye. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol. 2002 Jul; 77(7):347-9.
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Friedman E, Ivry M, Ebert E, Glynn R, Gragoudas E, Seddon J. Increased scleral rigidity and age-related macular degeneration. Ophthalmology. 1989 Jan; 96(1):104-8.
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