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Descriptor English:   Blindness, Cortical 
Descriptor Spanish:   Ceguera Cortical 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Cegueira Cortical 
Synonyms English:   Anton Syndrome
Psychic Denial of Blindness  
Tree Number:   C10.597.751.941.162.250
C11.966.075.250
C23.888.592.763.941.162.250
Definition English:   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) 
History Note English:   1998 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis 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 RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   33355 
Unique Identifier:   D019575 

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