 Blindness, Cortical
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D019575
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.751.941.162.250 C11.966.075.250 C23.888.592.763.941.162.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Anton Syndrome- Anton Syndrome
- Syndrome, Anton
- Transient Anton's Syndrome
- Anton's Syndrome, Transient
- Syndrome, Transient Anton's
- Transient Anton Syndrome
- Transient Antons Syndrome
- Psychic Denial of Blindness
- Reversible Cortical Blindness
- Blindness, Reversible Cortical
- Blindnesses, Reversible Cortical
- Cortical Blindness, Reversible
- Cortical Blindnesses, Reversible
- Reversible Cortical Blindnesses
- Anton's Syndrome
- Antons Syndrome
- Syndrome, Anton's
- Anton-Babinski Syndrome
- Anton Babinski Syndrome
- Syndrome, Anton-Babinski
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blindness, Cortical" by people in Profiles.
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Rosenthal J, Colachis S. Cortical blindness associated with autonomic dysreflexia in a man with tetraplegia: a rare but serious complication. J Spinal Cord Med. 2011; 34(5):527-9.
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Haldeman-Englert CR, Gai X, Perin JC, Ciano M, Halbach SS, Geiger EA, McDonald-McGinn DM, Hakonarson H, Zackai EH, Shaikh TH. A 3.1-Mb microdeletion of 3p21.31 associated with cortical blindness, cleft lip, CNS abnormalities, and developmental delay. Eur J Med Genet. 2009 Jul-Aug; 52(4):265-8.
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Hiller KM, Honigman B. Cortical blindness in preeclampsia. Am J Emerg Med. 2004 Nov; 22(7):631-2.
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Gregory DG, Pelak VS, Bennett JL. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and the evaluation of cortical blindness in preeclampsia. Surv Ophthalmol. 2003 Nov-Dec; 48(6):647-50.
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