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Descriptor English:   Amaurosis Fugax 
Descriptor Spanish:   Amaurosis Fugax 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Amaurose Fugaz 
Synonyms English:   Blindness, Monocular, Transient
Monocular Blindness, Transient  
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:  
blood cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced classification
congenital complications
diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
ethnology embryology
enzymology epidemiology
etiology genetics
history immunology
metabolism microbiology
mortality nursing
pathology prevention & control
physiopathology parasitology
psychology radiography
rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy surgery
therapy urine
ultrasonography veterinary
virology  
Record Number:   34333 
Unique Identifier:   D020757 

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