"Corneal Ulcer" 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.
Loss of epithelial tissue from the surface of the cornea due to progressive erosion and necrosis of the tissue; usually caused by bacterial, fungal, or viral infection.
Descriptor ID |
D003320
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MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.375.177 C11.204.564.225 C11.294.177
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Concept/Terms |
Corneal Ulcer- Corneal Ulcer
- Ulcer, Corneal
- Keratitis, Ulcerative
- Keratitides, Ulcerative
- Ulcerative Keratitides
- Ulcerative Keratitis
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Corneal Ulcer" by people in Profiles.
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Freeze-Dried Versus Cryopreserved Amniotic Membranes in Corneal Ulcers Treated by Overlay Transplantation: A Case-Control Study. Cornea. 2022 03 01; 41(3):280-285.
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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Infectious Keratitis Outcomes: A Retrospective Multicenter Study in Tertiary Eye Hospitals of South India. Cornea. 2021 Nov 01; 40(11):1474-1481.
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Online survey on practice patterns in the treatment of corneal ulcer during COVID-19 pandemic. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2021 Sep; 69(9):2507-2510.
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Bilateral liquefactive corneal necrosis: a rare and devastating complication of vitamin A deficiency in the adult. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Feb 19; 14(2).
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Dematiaceous Fungal Colonization of the Bandage Contact Lens in a Patient Lost to Follow-up During the COVID-19 Crisis. Eye Contact Lens. 2020 Nov; 46(6):e66-e68.
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Use of 'U-shaped tool for follow up of corneal ulcer cases in the COVID-19 pandemic. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020 Oct; 68(10):2199-2201.
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Microbial Keratitis in Stevens-Johnson Syndrome: A Prospective Study. Cornea. 2019 Aug; 38(8):938-942.
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Tuck-In Tenon Patch Graft in Corneal Perforation. Cornea. 2019 Aug; 38(8):951-954.
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Response to comment on: Continuous intraoperative optical coherence tomography-guided shield ulcer debridement with tuck in multilayered amniotic membrane transplantation. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 10; 66(10):1521-1522.
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The Asia Cornea Society Infectious Keratitis Study: A Prospective Multicenter Study of Infectious Keratitis in Asia. Am J Ophthalmol. 2018 11; 195:161-170.