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Exfoliation Syndrome

"Exfoliation Syndrome" 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.

The deposition of flaky, translucent fibrillar material most conspicuous on the anterior lens capsule and pupillary margin but also in both surfaces of the iris, the zonules, trabecular meshwork, ciliary body, corneal endothelium, and orbital blood vessels. It sometimes forms a membrane on the anterior iris surface. Exfoliation refers to the shedding of pigment by the iris. (Newell, Ophthalmology, 7th ed, p380)


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Exfoliation Syndrome" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Exfoliation Syndrome" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 56 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2014
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