"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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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Iris" by people in Profiles.
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Long-Term Macular Changes in the First Proband of Autosomal Dominant Vitreoretinochoroidopathy (ADVIRC) Due to a Newly Identified Mutation in BEST1. Ophthalmic Genet. 2016; 37(1):102-8.
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Quantitation of in vitro a-1 adrenergic receptor antagonist binding capacity to biologic melanin using tandem mass spectrometry. Curr Eye Res. 2013 Dec; 38(12):1214-20.
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Racial differences in the human endogenous circadian period. PLoS One. 2009 Jun 30; 4(6):e6014.