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MeSH Heading: Vision, Low
Tree Number(s): C10.597.751.941.905; C11.966.905; C23.888.592.763.941.848
Unique ID: D015354
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015354
Annotation: do not make a diagnosis: use term of author
Scope Note: 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.).
Entry Term(s): Vision, Diminished; Vision, Reduced; Vision, Subnormal
NLM Classification #: WW 140.5
Previous Indexing: Vision Disorders (1967-1988); Visual Acuity (1969-1988)
Public MeSH Note: 2000; see VISION, SUBNORMAL 1990-1999, see VISION, LOW 1989; for VISION, LOW see VISION, SUBNORMAL 1990-1999
History Note: 2000(1989)
Date Established: 1989/01/01
Date of Entry: 1988/06/02
Revision Date: 1999/11/03

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0023639
Scope Note: 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.).
Terms: Vision, Low Preferred Term
Term UI T045182
Date06/02/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Vision, Diminished
Term UI T371513
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Vision, Reduced
Term UI T371512
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Vision, Subnormal
Term UI T045183
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1989)

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