"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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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blindness" by people in Profiles.
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Patel MM, Lefebvre DR, Lee NG, Brachtel E, Rizzo J, Freitag SK. Gaze-evoked amaurosis from orbital breast carcinoma metastasis. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2013 Jul-Aug; 29(4):e98-e101.
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Tchantchaleishvili V, Dibardino DJ, Bolman RM. Transient bilateral blindness in a patient after cardiac surgery. Heart Surg Forum. 2011 Jun; 14(3):E198-9.
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Fintelmann RE, Rosenwasser RH, Jabbour P, Chang E, Foroozan R. An old problem, a new solution. Surv Ophthalmol. 2010 Jan-Feb; 55(1):85-8.
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Jones GC, Rovner BW, Crews JE, Danielson ML. Effects of depressive symptoms on health behavior practices among older adults with vision loss. Rehabil Psychol. 2009 May; 54(2):164-72.
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Zaidi FH, Hull JT, Peirson SN, Wulff K, Aeschbach D, Gooley JJ, Brainard GC, Gregory-Evans K, Rizzo JF, Czeisler CA, Foster RG, Moseley MJ, Lockley SW. Short-wavelength light sensitivity of circadian, pupillary, and visual awareness in humans lacking an outer retina. Curr Biol. 2007 Dec 18; 17(24):2122-8.
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Tasman W, Rovner B. Age-related macular degeneration: treating the whole patient. Can J Ophthalmol. 2005 Jun; 40(3):389-91.
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Nayak A, Barner KE. Optimal halftoning for tactile imaging. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2004 Jun; 12(2):216-27.