 Blindness
"Blindness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The inability to see or the loss or absence of perception of visual stimuli. This condition may be the result of EYE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; OPTIC CHIASM diseases; or BRAIN DISEASES affecting the VISUAL PATHWAYS or OCCIPITAL LOBE.
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D001766
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.751.941.162 C11.966.075 C23.888.592.763.941.162
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blindness" by people in Profiles.
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Meleth AD, Pinninti U, Coffee RE, Carvounis PE. Acute severe visual loss and a brainstem mass. Lancet. 2012 Nov 17; 380(9855):1790.
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Conley SM, Cai X, Makkia R, Wu Y, Sparrow JR, Naash MI. Increased cone sensitivity to ABCA4 deficiency provides insight into macular vision loss in Stargardt's dystrophy. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2012 Jul; 1822(7):1169-79.
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Cai X, Conley SM, Naash MI. RPE65: role in the visual cycle, human retinal disease, and gene therapy. Ophthalmic Genet. 2009 Jun; 30(2):57-62.
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Sansgiry SS, Pawaskar M. Over-the-counter medication labels: are we ignoring the needs of blind consumers? Optometry. 2004 Jul; 75(7):407-8.
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Nease RF, Whitcup SM, Ellwein LB, Fox G, Littenberg B. Utility-based estimates of the relative morbidity of visual impairment and angina. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2000 Sep; 7(3):169-85.
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Bering EA. The neurological information network of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1967 Apr; 55(2):135-40.
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