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Descriptor English:   Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous 
Descriptor Spanish:   Vítreo Primario Hiperplásico Persistente 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Vítreo Primário Hiperplásico Persistente 
Synonyms English:   Persistent Hyaloid Artery  
Tree Number:   C11.250.616
C16.131.384.725
Definition English:   A developmental ocular anomaly in which the primary VITREOUS BODY and its surrounding hyaloid vasculature failed to regress. It is usually unilateral and characterized by CATARACT; MICROPHTHALMOS (small eyeballs), and retrolenticular fibrovascular tissue. (from Yanoff: Ophthalmology, 2nd ed.) 
History Note English:   2008 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications DI diagnosis
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EM embryology
EN enzymology EP epidemiology
EH ethnology ET etiology
GE genetics HI history
IM immunology ME metabolism
MI microbiology MO mortality
NU nursing PS parasitology
PA pathology PP physiopathology
PC prevention & control PX psychology
RA radiography RI radionuclide imaging
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
US ultrasonography UR urine
VE veterinary VI virology
Record Number:   52599 
Unique Identifier:   D054514 

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