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Preferred Label : exfoliation syndrome;

MeSH definition : 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);

MeSH synonym : exfoliation syndromes; exfoliative syndromes; pseudo exfoliation syndrome; pseudoexfoliation syndrome; pseudoexfoliation syndromes; syndrome, exfoliation; syndrome, exfoliative; syndrome, pseudo-exfoliation; syndrome, pseudoexfoliation; syndromes, exfoliation; syndromes, exfoliative; syndromes, pseudoexfoliation; pseudo-exfoliation syndrome; pseudo-exfoliation syndromes; syndromes, pseudo-exfoliation; glaucoma capsulare; exfoliative syndrome; exfoliation glaucoma; pseudoexfoliation of the lens;

MeSH annotation : shedding of pigment from the iris;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoexfoliation syndrome;

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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)

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