"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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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blindness" by people in Profiles.
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Tanaka AC, Robbins CC, Wiss K, Chen VM. Frequent corneal abrasions precede scarring and vision loss in epidermolysis bullosa: An international patient survey. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Sep; 83(3):917-919.
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Paudel P, Kovai V, Naduvilath T, Phuong HT, Ho SM, Giap NV. Validity of Teacher-Based Vision Screening and Factors Associated with the Accuracy of Vision Screening in Vietnamese Children. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2016; 23(1):63-8.
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Merle BM, Silver RE, Rosner B, Seddon JM. Adherence to a Mediterranean diet, genetic susceptibility, and progression to advanced macular degeneration: a prospective cohort study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 Nov; 102(5):1196-206.
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Komáromy AM, Abrams KL, Heckenlively JR, Lundy SK, Maggs DJ, Leeth CM, MohanKumar PS, Petersen-Jones SM, Serreze DV, van der Woerdt A. Sudden acquired retinal degeneration syndrome (SARDS) - a review and proposed strategies toward a better understanding of pathogenesis, early diagnosis, and therapy. Vet Ophthalmol. 2016 Jul; 19(4):319-31.
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Luan Z, Reddig K, Li HS. Loss of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase in Drosophila photoreceptors leads to blindness and age-dependent neurodegeneration. Exp Neurol. 2014 Nov; 261:791-801.
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Kleinberg TT, Uretsky S, Flanders AE, Bilyk JR, Murchison AP. Black as night. Surv Ophthalmol. 2015 May-Jun; 60(3):269-73.
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Lally DR, Duker JS. Foveal injury from a red laser pointer. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2014 Mar; 132(3):297.
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Dong H, Ganz A. Automatic generation of indoor navigation instructions for blind users using a user-centric graph. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2014; 2014:902-5.
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Ganz A, Schafer JM, Tao Y, Wilson C, Robertson M. PERCEPT-II: smartphone based indoor navigation system for the blind. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2014; 2014:3662-5.
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Beltran WA, Cideciyan AV, Lewin AS, Iwabe S, Khanna H, Sumaroka A, Chiodo VA, Fajardo DS, Román AJ, Deng WT, Swider M, Alemán TS, Boye SL, Genini S, Swaroop A, Hauswirth WW, Jacobson SG, Aguirre GD. Gene therapy rescues photoreceptor blindness in dogs and paves the way for treating human X-linked retinitis pigmentosa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Feb 07; 109(6):2132-7.