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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Neurologic Manifestations > Sensation Disorders > Vision Disorders
Nervous System Diseases > Neurologic Manifestations > Sensation Disorders > Vision Disorders
Eye Diseases > Vision Disorders

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Vision Disorders  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Disorders, Visual
  • Disorder, Visual
  • Visual Disorder
  • Visual Disorders

Note

  • general or unspecified: prefer specifics; / diag: consider also DlAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; for Braille coordinate with SENSORY AIDS + READING

Scope note

  • Visual impairments limiting one or more of the basic functions of the eye: visual acuity, dark adaptation, color vision, or peripheral vision. These may result from EYE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; VISUAL PATHWAY diseases; OCCIPITAL LOBE diseases; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; and other conditions (From Newell, Ophthalmology: Principles and Concepts, 7th ed, p132).

History note

  • 1967

In other languages

  • näköhäiriöt

    Finnish

  • muu näkökyvyn häiriö
  • määrittämätön näköhäiriö
  • näköhäiriö
  • näkövamma
  • näkövammat
  • näköviat
  • näkövika
  • ospecificerad synrubbning
  • perturbatio visus non specificata
  • perturbationes visus
  • synstörningar
  • Synrubbningar

    Swedish

  • Dagblind
  • Dagblindhet
  • Hemeralopi
  • Makropsi
  • Metamorfopsi
  • Mikropsi
  • Synnedsättningar
  • Synskador
  • Synstörningar

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014786

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