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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Color Vision Defects
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Defectos de la Visión Cromática
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Defeitos da Visão Cromática
Synonyms
English
:
Color Blindness
Achromatopsia
Monochromatopsia
Tree Number:
C10.597.751.941.256
C11.966.256
C23.888.592.763.941.256
Definition
English
:
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.
See Related
English
:
Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells
Retinal Diseases
History Note
English
:
90; was COLOR BLINDNESS 1963-89
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
28241
Unique Identifier:
D003117
Occurrence in VHL
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