Preferred Label : blindness, cortical;
MeSH definition : 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);
MeSH synonym : cortical blindness;
CISMeF synonym : anton syndromes; syndromes, anton;
MeSH hyponym : blindness, cortical, transient; blindness, cortical, Post-Ictal;
Related MeSH term : anton syndrome; Syndrome, Anton; Transient Anton's Syndrome; Anton's Syndrome, Transient; Syndrome, Transient Anton's; Transient Anton Syndrome; Transient Antons Syndrome; Psychic Denial of Blindness; Reversible Cortical Blindness; Blindness, Reversible Cortical; Blindnesses, Reversible Cortical; Cortical Blindness, Reversible; Cortical Blindnesses, Reversible; Reversible Cortical Blindnesses; Anton's Syndrome; Antons Syndrome; Syndrome, Anton's; Anton-Babinski Syndrome; Anton Babinski Syndrome; Syndrome, Anton-Babinski;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortical blindness;
Origin ID : D019575;
UMLS CUI : C0155320;
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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)