congenital amaurosis

amaurosis /am·au·ro·sis/ (am″aw-ro´sis) blindness, especially that occurring without apparent lesion of the eye.amaurot´ic

amaurosis conge´nita of Leber , congenital amaurosis a form of hereditary blindness, occurring at or shortly after birth, associated with an atypical form of diffuse pigmentation and commonly with optic atrophy and attenuation of the retinal vessels.

am·au·ro·sis (

ô-r

Blindness, especially without apparent change in the eye, as from a cortical lesion.

amau·rotic (-r

k) adj.

amaurosis

[am′ôrō′sis]

Etymology: Gk, amauroein, to darken

blindness, especially lack of vision resulting from a systemic cause such as disease of the optic nerve or brain, diabetes, renal disease, acute gastritis, or systemic poisoning produced by excessive use of alcohol or tobacco, rather than from damage to the eye itself. Unilateral or, more rarely, bilateral amaurosis may follow an emotional shock and may continue for days or months. One kind of congenital amaurosis is transmitted as an autosomal-recessive trait. amaurotic, adj.

amaurosis [am″aw-ro´sis]

loss of sight without apparent lesion of the eye, as from disease of the optic nerve, spine, or brain.

amaurosis conge´nita (amaurosis congenita of Leber) (congenital amaurosis) hereditary blindness occurring at or shortly after birth, associated with an atypical form of diffuse pigmentation and commonly with optic atrophy and attenuation of the retinal vessels.

amaurosis fu´gax sudden temporary or fleeting blindness.

Leber's congenital amaurosis amaurosis congenita.

amaurosis

loss of sight without apparent lesion of the eye, as from disease of the optic nerve, spine or brain.

amaurosis

1. Partial or total loss of sight due to a lesion somewhere in the visual pathway (usually the optic nerve), but not in the eye itself.

2. Synonym for blindness.

amaurosis

Blindness, see there

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amaurosis congenita of Leber
amaurosis fugax
amaurosis partialis fugax
amaurotic
amaurotic familial idiocy
artery
blackout
blindness
cat's eye amaurosis
central amaurosis
diabetic amaurosis
eye
giant cell arteritis
Hollenhorst's plaques
hysteric amaurosis
keratoglobus
Leber's congenital amaurosis
Leukocoria
macrocornea

In 2009, researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania reported dramatic vision improvements in patients with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), a form of inherited blindness.

Researcher at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Collaborates in ... by PR Newswire

Scientists successfully implanted cells from healthy mice into animals with the hereditary disease, Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA).

PIONEERING research has raised hopes [...] by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)

Scientists successfully implanted cells from healthy mice into animals with the hereditary disease, Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA).

Stem cell study into blindness by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

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