"Aniridia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A congenital abnormality in which there is only a rudimentary iris. This is due to the failure of the optic cup to grow. Aniridia also occurs in a hereditary form, usually autosomal dominant.
| Descriptor ID |
D015783
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.250.060 C11.270.060 C11.941.375.060 C16.131.384.079 C16.320.290.078
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| Concept/Terms |
Aniridia- Aniridia
- Irideremia
- Absent Iris
- Congenital Aniridia
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Aniridia" by people in Profiles.
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Monoallelic variants resulting in substitutions of MAB21L1 Arg51 Cause Aniridia and microphthalmia. PLoS One. 2022; 17(11):e0268149.
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Variable Anterior Segment Dysgenesis and Cardiac Anomalies Caused by a Novel Truncating Variant of FOXC1. Genes (Basel). 2022 02 24; 13(3).