Color Vision Defects
| MeSH Heading | Color Vision Defects |
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| Tree Number | C10.597.751.941.256 |
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| Tree Number | C11.966.256 |
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| Tree Number | C23.888.592.763.941.256 |
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| Scope Note | Defects of color vision are mainly hereditary traits but can be secondary to acquired or developmental abnormalities in the
CONES (RETINA). Severity of hereditary defects of color vision depends on the degree of mutation of the
ROD OPSINS genes (on
X CHROMOSOME and
CHROMOSOME 3) that code the photopigments for red, green and blue. |
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| Entry Term | Achromatopsia |
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| Entry Term | Color Blindness |
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| Entry Term | Color Blindness, Acquired |
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| Entry Term | Color Blindness, Blue |
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| Entry Term | Color Blindness, Green |
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| Entry Term | Color Blindness, Inherited |
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| Entry Term | Color Blindness, Red |
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| Entry Term | Color Blindness, Red-Green |
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| Entry Term | Deutan Defect |
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| Entry Term | Monochromatopsia |
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| Entry Term | Protan Defect |
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| Entry Term | Tritan Defect |
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| See Also | Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells |
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| See Also | Retinal Diseases |
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| Allowable Qualifiers | BL
CF
CI
CL
CN
CO
DH
DI
DT
EC
EH
EM
EN
EP
ET
GE
HI
IM
ME
MI
MO
NU
PA
PC
PP
PS
PX
RA
RH
RI
RT
SU
TH
UR
US
VE
VI
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| Online Note | use COLOR VISION DEFECTS to search COLOR BLINDNESS 1966-89 |
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| History Note | 90; was COLOR BLINDNESS 1963-89 |
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| Date of Entry | 19990101 |
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| Unique ID | D003117 |
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