 Blindness
"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.
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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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Blindness" by people in this website by year, and whether "Blindness" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2020 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blindness" by people in Profiles.
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Muayad J, Arogundade EO, Jaiswal S, Ahmed IIK, Lee AG. Racial differences in stroke, blindness, and mortality among Black versus non-Black patients with giant cell arteritis: an international cohort study. Can J Ophthalmol. 2026 Apr; 61(2):333-338.
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Azargui S, Huang AM, Vloka CN, Xia JL, Hink EM. Two Cases of Rapidly Progressive Vision Loss From Ischemic Reperfusion Injury and Rhabdomyolysis. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2026 Jan-Feb 01; 42(1):e9-e13.
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Alekseev A, Hunniford V, Zerche M, Jeschke M, El May F, Vavakou A, Siegenthaler D, Hüser MA, Kiehn SM, Garrido-Charles A, Meyer A, Rambousky A, Alvanos T, Witzke I, Rojas-Garcia KD, Draband MD, Cyganek L, Klein E, Ruther P, Huet A, Trenholm S, Macé E, Kusch K, Bruegmann T, Wolf BJ, Mager T, Moser T. Efficient and sustained optogenetic control of sensory and cardiac systems. Nat Biomed Eng. 2026 Feb; 10(2):277-292.
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Adhikari B, Osmond MJ, Pantcheva MB, Krebs MD. Glycosaminoglycans Influence Extracellular Matrix of Human Trabecular Meshwork Cells Cultured on 3D Scaffolds. ACS Biomater Sci Eng. 2022 Dec 12; 8(12):5221-5232.
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Redd TK, Seitzman GD. Ocular rosacea. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2020 Nov; 31(6):503-507.
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Akturk HK, Snell-Bergeon JK, Shah VN. Continuous Glucose Monitor with Siri Integration Improves Glycemic Control in Legally Blind Patients with Diabetes. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2021 01; 23(1):81-83.
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Carlson C, Howe T, Pedersen C, Yoder LH. Caring for Visually Impaired Patients in the Hospital: A Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Project. Am J Nurs. 2020 05; 120(5):48-55.
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Tsai J, Ramanan B, Modrall JG, Hurd PW, Tsai S. Light-Induced Amaurosis-A Case Report and Brief Literature Review. Ann Vasc Surg. 2020 Jul; 66:671.e1-671.e4.
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Brinks MV, Redd T, Lambert WE, Zaback T, Randall J, Field T, Wilson D. Using registry data to characterize the incidence and causes of blindness in Oregon. PLoS One. 2019; 14(8):e0220983.
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Senthil S, Thakur M, Rao HL, Mohamed A, Jonnadula GB, Sangwan V, Garudadri CS. Steroid-induced glaucoma and blindness in vernal keratoconjunctivitis. Br J Ophthalmol. 2020 02; 104(2):265-269.
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