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  • Ophthalmology

    Ophthalmology, eye treatments; eye disorders…

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    Code

    Meaning

    Language

    Themes and places

    AAO

    Alberta Association of Optometrists

    In English

    AAO

    American Academy of Optometry (www.aaopt.org)

    In English

    AAPOS

    American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

    In English

    ABI

    Auditory Brainstem Implant

    In English

      ABO

      American Board of Ophthalmology (www.abop.org)

      In English

      ACVO

      American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists

      In English

      AMD

      Altersbedingte Makuladegeneration

      In German

        AMDF

        American Macular Degeneration Foundation (www.macular.org)

        In English

        ANVC

        Algemene Nederlandse Vereniging van Contactlensspecialisten (www.ango.nl)

        In Dutch

        APAM

        Association pour les Personnes Aveugles et Malvoyantes (http://apam.qelios.net)

        In French

        AQDM

        Association Québécoise de la Dégénérescence Maculaire

        In French

        ARVO

        Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

        In English

        ASVO

        American Society of Veterinary Ophthalmology (www.asvo.org)

        In English

        BFY

        Banque Française des Yeux (www.bfy.asso.fr)

        In French

        CAS

        Conjonctivite Allergique Saisonnière

        In French

        CHNO

        Centre Hospitalier National d’Ophtalmologie (https://www.15-20.fr/)

        In French

        CNV

        Choroidal Neovascularization

        In English

        CNV

        Choroidal Neovascularisation

        In English

        CRFAM

        Centre de Rééducation Fonctionnelle pour Aveugles et Malvoyants

        In English

          CTSB

          Cape Town Society for the Blind (www.ctsb.co.za)

          In English

          DEI

          Doheny Eye Institute (www.doheny.org)

          In English

            DME

            Diabetic Macular Edema

            In English

            DMLA

            Dégénérescence Maculaire Liée à l'Âge

            In French

            DTH

            Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity

            In English

            ERG

            Electroretinogram

            In English

            ERG

            Electroretinograph(y)

            In English

            EVER

            European Association for Vision and Eye Research (www.ever.be)

            In English

            ISOPT

            International Symposium on Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

            In English

            ISV

            Institut des Sciences de la Vision (www.isvision.fr)

            In French

            JHG

            Julius Hirschberg Gesellschaft

            In German

            JRO

            Journées de Recherche en Ophtalmologie

            In French

              KCA

              Kérato-Conjonctivite Atopique

              In French

              KCV

              Kérato-Conjonctivite Vernale

              In French

              LHON

              Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy

              In English

              LOA

              Leber Optic Atrophy

              In English

                MEEI

                Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (https://www.masseyeandear.org/)

                In English

                NAVP

                National Association of Vision Professionals

                In English

                OMD

                Œdème Maculaire Diabétique

                In French

                OPC

                Organisation pour la Prévention de la Cécité (www.opc.asso.fr)

                In French

                PIO

                Pression Intra-Oculaire

                In French

                  PPR

                  Panphotocoagulation rétinienne

                  In French

                    PRL

                    Preferred Retinal Locus

                    In English

                    RD

                    Rétinopathie Diabétique

                    In French

                    RP

                    Retinitis Pigmentosa

                    In Latin

                    RPE

                    Retinal Pigment Epithelium

                    In English

                    RS

                    Retinoschisis

                    In English

                    SFO

                    Société Française d'Ophtalmologie (www.sfo.asso.fr)

                    In French

                    SLO

                    Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope

                    In English

                      VHO

                      Van Hopplynus Ophtalm

                      In Dutch

                        VMD

                        Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy

                        In English