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Descriptor
English
:
Amaurosis Fugax
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Amaurosis Fugax
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Amaurose Fugaz
Synonyms
English
:
Blindness, Monocular, Transient
Blindness, Transient Monocular
Monocular Blindness, Transient
Transient Monocular Blindness
Tree Number:
C10.597.751.941.162.125
C11.966.075.125
C23.888.592.763.941.162.125
Definition
English
:
Transient complete or partial monocular
blindness
due to retinal
ischemia
. This may be caused by emboli from the CAROTID
ARTERY
(usually in
association
with
CAROTID STENOSIS
) and other locations that enter the central
RETINAL ARTERY
. (From Adams et al., Principles of
Neurology
, 6th ed, p245)
History Note
English
:
2000
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DG
diagnostic imaging
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
34333
Unique Identifier:
D020757
Occurrence in VHL
:
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