"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)
| Descriptor ID |
D012590
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A09.371.784
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sclera" by people in Profiles.
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Zhavoronkov A, Izumchenko E, Kanherkar RR, Teka M, Cantor C, Manaye K, Sidransky D, West MD, Makarev E, Csoka AB. Pro-fibrotic pathway activation in trabecular meshwork and lamina cribrosa is the main driving force of glaucoma. Cell Cycle. 2016 06 17; 15(12):1643-52.
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O'Quin KE, Doshi P, Lyon A, Hoenemeyer E, Yoshizawa M, Jeffery WR. Complex Evolutionary and Genetic Patterns Characterize the Loss of Scleral Ossification in the Blind Cavefish Astyanax mexicanus. PLoS One. 2015; 10(12):e0142208.
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Boddu SH, Jwala J, Vaishya R, Earla R, Karla PK, Pal D, Mitra AK. Novel nanoparticulate gel formulations of steroids for the treatment of macular edema. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther. 2010 Feb; 26(1):37-48.
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Savage HE, Halder RK, Kartazayeu U, Rosen RB, Gayen T, McCormick SA, Patel NS, Katz A, Perry HD, Paul M, Alfano RR. NIR laser tissue welding of in vitro porcine cornea and sclera tissue. Lasers Surg Med. 2004; 35(4):293-303.
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Wadehra M, Sulur GG, Braun J, Gordon LK, Goodglick L. Epithelial membrane protein-2 is expressed in discrete anatomical regions of the eye. Exp Mol Pathol. 2003 Apr; 74(2):106-12.