"Retinal Telangiectasis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of rare, idiopathic, congenital retinal vascular anomalies affecting the retinal capillaries. It is characterized by dilation and tortuosity of retinal vessels and formation of multiple aneurysms, with different degrees of leakage and exudates emanating from the blood vessels.
| Descriptor ID |
D058456
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.768.748 C14.907.823.502
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| Concept/Terms |
Retinal Telangiectasis- Retinal Telangiectasis
- Retinal Telangiectases
- Telangiectases, Retinal
- Telangiectasis, Retinal
- Coats Disease
- Disease, Coats
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Retinal Telangiectasis" by people in Profiles.
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Surgical Management of Full-Thickness Macular Holes in Macular Telangiectasia Type 2: A Global Multicenter Study. Ophthalmology. 2024 Jan; 131(1):66-77.
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Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges. Retina. 2016 Nov; 36(11):2239-2245.
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Haploinsufficiency of RCBTB1 is associated with Coats disease and familial exudative vitreoretinopathy. Hum Mol Genet. 2016 Apr 15; 25(8):1637-47.
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Mutations in CTC1, encoding conserved telomere maintenance component 1, cause Coats plus. Nat Genet. 2012 Jan 22; 44(3):338-42.