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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 
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Record Number:   33355 
Unique Identifier:   D019575 

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