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Optic Atrophy

"Optic Atrophy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

Atrophy of the optic disk which may be congenital or acquired. This condition indicates a deficiency in the number of nerve fibers which arise in the RETINA and converge to form the OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC CHIASM; and optic tracts. GLAUCOMA; ISCHEMIA; inflammation, a chronic elevation of intracranial pressure, toxins, optic nerve compression, and inherited conditions (see OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY) are relatively common causes of this condition.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Optic Atrophy" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Optic Atrophy" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 33 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2016
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