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Abstract
Failure or imperfection of vision at night or in dim light, with good vision only on bright days. (Dorland, 27th ed)
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- Nyctalopia
- Blindness, Night
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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90; was NIGHT BLINDNESS see NYCTALOPIA 1963-89
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Night Blindness. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009755. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009755
- Night Blindness. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyctalopia
- Night Blindness. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7758678