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MeSH Heading: Blindness, Cortical
Tree Number(s): C10.597.751.941.162.250; C11.966.075.250; C23.888.592.763.941.162.250
Unique ID: D019575
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019575
Scope Note: 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)
Entry Term(s): Anton Syndrome; Anton's Syndrome; Anton-Babinski Syndrome; Blindness, Cortical, Post-Ictal; Blindness, Cortical, Transient; Psychic Denial of Blindness; Reversible Cortical Blindness; Transient Anton's Syndrome
Previous Indexing: Blindness (1966-1997)
Public MeSH Note: 1998
History Note: 1998
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1997/06/20
Revision Date: 2010/06/25

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Concept UI: M0336562
Terms: Anton Syndrome Preferred Term
Term UI T371299
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Anton's Syndrome
Term UI T769357
Date04/14/2010
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Anton-Babinski Syndrome
Term UI T769359
Date04/14/2010
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Psychic Denial of Blindness
Term UI T371300
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Reversible Cortical Blindness
Term UI T769360
Date04/14/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Transient Anton's Syndrome
Term UI T769358
Date04/14/2010
LexicalTag EPO
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Blindness, Cortical MeSH Descriptor Data 2025