"Iris" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The most anterior portion of the uveal layer, separating the anterior chamber from the posterior. It consists of two layers - the stroma and the pigmented epithelium. Color of the iris depends on the amount of melanin in the stroma on reflection from the pigmented epithelium.
| Descriptor ID |
D007498
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A09.371.060.450 A09.371.894.513
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Iris" by people in Profiles.
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Comparison of Anterior Segment-Optical Coherence Tomography Parameters in Phacomorphic Angle Closure and Acute Angle Closure Eyes. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015 Dec; 56(13):7611-7.
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Epithelial membrane protein-2 is expressed in discrete anatomical regions of the eye. Exp Mol Pathol. 2003 Apr; 74(2):106-12.
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Transscleral cyclophotocoagulation of human autopsy and monkey eyes. Ophthalmic Surg. 1991 Nov; 22(11):638-43.