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

Preferred term

Vision, Low  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Diminished Vision
  • Reduced Vision
  • Subnormal Vision
  • Vision, Diminished
  • Vision, Reduced
  • Vision, Subnormal

Note

  • do not make a diagnosis: use term of author

Scope note

  • Vision considered to be inferior to normal vision as represented by accepted standards of acuity, field of vision, or motility. Low vision generally refers to visual disorders that are caused by diseases that cannot be corrected by refraction (e.g., MACULAR DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY, etc.).

History note

  • 2000(1989)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015354

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