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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Vision, Low
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Baja Visión
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Baixa Visão
Synonyms
English
:
Vision, Subnormal
Vision, Reduced
Tree Number:
C10.597.751.941.905
C11.966.905
C23.888.592.763.941.848
Definition
English
:
Vision considered to be inferior to normal
vision
as represented by accepted standards of acuity, field of
vision
, or motility. Low
vision
generally refers to visual disorders that are caused by diseases that cannot be corrected by refraction (e.g.,
MACULAR DEGENERATION
;
RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA
;
DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
, etc.).
Indexing Annotation
English
:
do not make a
diagnosis
: use term of author
History Note
English
:
2000(1989)
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:
28307
Unique Identifier:
D015354
Occurrence in VHL
:
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