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Blindness, Cortical

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Definition: Total loss of vision in all or part of the visual field due to bilateral OCCIPITAL LOBE (i.e., VISUAL CORTEX) damage or dysfunction. Anton syndrome is characterized by the psychic denial of true, organic cortical blindness. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p460)      Other names Transient Antons Syndrome; Transient Anton Syndrome; Syndrome, Transient Anton's; Syndrome, Anton-Babinski; Syndrome, Anton's; Syndrome, Anton; Reversible Cortical Blindnesses; Cortical Blindnesses, Reversible; Cortical Blindness, Reversible; Cortical Blindness; Blindnesses, Reversible Cortical; Blindness, Reversible Cortical; Antons Syndrome; Anton's Syndrome, Transient; Anton Babinski Syndrome; Transient Anton's Syndrome; Reversible Cortical Blindness; Blindness, Cortical, Transient; Blindness, Cortical, Post-Ictal; Anton-Babinski Syndrome

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