Amaurosis Fugax
"Amaurosis Fugax" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D020757
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.751.941.162.125 C11.966.075.125 C23.888.592.763.941.162.125
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| Concept/Terms |
Amaurosis Fugax- Amaurosis Fugax
- Monocular Blindness, Transient
- Blindness, Transient Monocular
- Transient Monocular Blindness
- Blindness, Monocular, Transient
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Amaurosis Fugax" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Limaye K, Wall M, Uwaydat S, Ali S, Shaban A, Al Kasab S, Adams H. Is Management of Central Retinal Artery Occlusion the Next Frontier in Cerebrovascular Diseases? J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2018 Oct; 27(10):2781-2791.