FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term macular degeneration ID (Ontology) DOID:4448 (Human Disease)
Definition A retinal degeneration characterized by gradual deterioration of light-sensing cells in the tissues at the back of the eye and has_symptom vision loss.
Also Known As "Macular degeneration of retina"
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Alleles (FBal)  HUMAN_DISEASE_INTERACTIONS       1
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eye degenerative disease__|
                          retinal degeneration
                           |__macular degeneration  34 rec.
                               |__bestrophinopathy 4 rec.
                               |__degeneration of macula and posterior pole 14 rec.
                               |   |__age related macular degeneration(+) 14 rec.
                               |   |__cystoid macular retinal degeneration
                               |   |__hole retinal cyst
                               |   |__Kuhnt-Junius degeneration
                               |   |__preretinal fibrosis
                               |   |__retinal drusen(+)
                               |   |__toxic maculopathy
                               |__occult macular dystrophy
                               |__patterned macular dystrophy 4 rec.
                               |   |__patterned macular dystrophy 1 2 rec.
                               |   |__patterned macular dystrophy 2 1 rec.
                               |   |__patterned macular dystrophy 3 1 rec.
                               |__retinal macular dystrophy 9 rec.
                               |   |__North Carolina macular dystrophy 3 rec.
                               |   |__retinal macular dystrophy 2 3 rec.
                               |   |__retinal macular dystrophy 3
                               |   |__retinal macular dystrophy 4 3 rec.
                               |__vitelliform macular dystrophy 6 rec.
                               |__X-linked atrophic macular degeneration 3 rec.
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MESH:D008268
NCI:C123330
ORDO:279
SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:302891003
UMLS_CUI:C0024437