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Blindness

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Definition: 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.  for Braille coord IM with SENSORY AIDS (IM) + READING (IM)   
See Also Sensory Aids; Vision, Low
Examples Amaurosis Fugax; Blindness, Cortical; Deaf-Blind Disorders 		Other names Blindness, Monocular; Blindness, Legal; Amaurosis; Transient Blindness; Monocular Blindness; Legal Blindness; Hysterical Blindness; Complete Blindness; Acquired Blindness; Blindness, Transient; Blindness, Hysterical; Amauroses; Blindness, Complete; Blindness, Acquired
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Norrie disease  0   *Blindness/congenital *Nervous System Diseases *Spasms, Infantile.
Microcephaly microphthalmos blindness  0   *Blindness *Microcephaly *Microphthalmos.
Yemenite deaf-blind hypopigmentation syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Blindness *Deafness *Hypopigmentation/congenital.
Rodrigues blindness  0   *Blindness/congenital *Growth Disorders *Hair Diseases *Tooth Abnormalities. J Med Genet. 1992;29(5):323-5

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