"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.
| Descriptor ID |
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blindness" by people in Profiles.
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Attitudes of people with inherited retinal conditions toward gene editing technology. Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2019 07; 7(7):e00803.
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Reducing the Burden of Unilateral Vision Impairment and Blindness in Australia. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018 03 01; 136(3):248-249.
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Why Patients With Glaucoma Lose Vision: The Patient Perspective. J Glaucoma. 2016 07; 25(7):e668-75.
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We urge WHO to act on cytomegalovirus retinitis. Lancet Glob Health. 2014 Feb; 2(2):e76-7.
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Access to vision care in an urban low-income multiethnic population. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2005 Feb; 12(1):1-12.
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Risk assessment in the management of patients with ocular hypertension. Am J Ophthalmol. 2004 Sep; 138(3):458-67.
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The glaucomas. Minerva Med. 2001 Oct; 92(5):365-79.
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Glaucoma. Lancet. 1999 Nov 20; 354(9192):1803-10.
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Acute blindness after severe quinine poisoning. Am J Emerg Med. 1998 Mar; 16(2):214-5.
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Chiasmal infarction and sudden blindness caused by mucormycosis in AIDS and diabetes mellitus. Am J Ophthalmol. 1996 Dec; 122(6):895-6.