Blindness
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Monday, November 23, 2009

A clinician's guide to the assessment and management of nonadherence in glaucoma.

30 Oct 2009 PURPOSE: To apply lessons learned in the treatment of systemic hypertension to the problem of nonadherence in glaucoma medical therapy. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Although physicians recognize that nonadherence with glaucoma medication is a problem, most ... Read more...

A comprehensive perspective on patient adherence to topical glaucoma therapy.

30 Oct 2009 TOPIC: Risk factors for poor adherence or nonadherence to topical glaucoma medication regimens. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Poor adherence to glaucoma medication regimens may be associated with subsequent visual loss and irreversible optic nerve damage. ... Read more...

Crystal structure of native RPE65, the retinoid isomerase of the visual cycle.

3 Oct 2009 Vertebrate vision is maintained by the retinoid (visual) cycle, a complex enzymatic pathway that operates in the retina to regenerate the visual chromophore, 11-cis-retinal. A key enzyme in this pathway is the microsomal membrane protein RPE65. This ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Blindness'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Enterococcus casseliflavus endophthalmitis associated with a horse tail injury. 30 Oct 2009
• Intracisternal irrigation of papaverine leading to choroidal infarction. 30 Oct 2009
• The story of Louis Braille. 30 Oct 2009
• The role of Braille in the literacy of blind and visually impaired children. 30 Oct 2009
• A clinician's guide to the assessment and management of nonadherence in glaucoma. 30 Oct 2009
• A comprehensive perspective on patient adherence to topical glaucoma therapy. 30 Oct 2009
• Introduction: new insights on enhancing adherence to topical glaucoma medications. 30 Oct 2009
• Crystal structure of native RPE65, the retinoid isomerase of the visual cycle. 3 Oct 2009
• The cost of care for people with impaired vision in Australia. 29 Sep 2009
• Prevalence and causes of visual impairment in Chinese adults in urban southern China. 29 Sep 2009
• Tasting the light. 29 Sep 2009
• Saint Lucy, the Patron Saint of the Blind. 29 Sep 2009
• Acute and severe visual loss due to an olfactory groove meningioma. 29 Sep 2009
• Rapid progression of angioid streaks following intravitreal bevacizumab. 29 Sep 2009
• A seaman with blindness and confusion. 28 Sep 2009
• Ocular manifestation in treated multibacillary Hansen's disease. 17 Sep 2009
• Blindness in a 25-year follow-up of a population-based cohort of Danish type 1 diabetic patients. 8 Sep 2009
• Mutations that are a common cause of Leber congenital amaurosis in northern America are rare in southern India. 2 Sep 2009
• Salient features of the National Program for Control of Blindness during the XIth five-year plan period. 30 Aug 2009
• Real-time detection of the mutation responsible for progressive rod-cone degeneration in Labrador Retriever dogs using locked nucleic acid TaqMan probes. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Blindness'

Definition: 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 UI: D001766

Alternative terms: Blindness; Blindness, Acquired; Acquired Blindness; Blindness, Monocular; Monocular Blindness; Blindness, Hysterical; Hysterical Blindness; Blindness, Transient; Transient Blindness; Blindness, Legal; Legal Blindness; Amaurosis; Amauroses; Blindness, Complete; Complete Blindness;

Related Mesh Headings: Sensory Aids; Vision, Low;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.751.941.162; C11.966.075; C23.888.592.763.941.162;

Technical Notes: for Braille coord IM with SENSORY AIDS (IM) + READING (IM)