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Neural pathways that simultaneously process information ... the information of the visual sense, this results in a visual field defect. The area most commonly affected is the primary visual ...
A 64-year-old white woman presents with a 2-week history of a visual field defect. She does not report any associated blurred vision, diplopia, or pain in either eye, other than occasional ...
Purpose: Vigabatrin (Sabril), a drug that blocks GABA transaminase, has been used in the treatment of epilepsy since 1989. There have been reports of irreversible constriction of the visual field ...
At present, VRT is only indicated for patients with homonymous field defects due to damage of visual pathways in the geniculocalcarine system. In the future, though, the therapy may benefit ...
Vanderbilt University Medical Center-led research reveals subtle changes in the visual pathways of individuals ... These included oculomotor function, visual field performance, contrast ...
Glaucoma—characterized by progressive retinal ganglion cell apoptosis and subsequent visual field defects—is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide. Myopia, or nearsightedness ...
2 In our patient, the presence of a relative afferent pupillary defect was an important indicator of optic nerve dysfunction, and visual field examinations helped localize the pathology along the ...
Neural pathways that simultaneously process information ... the information of the visual sense, this results in a visual field defect. The area most commonly affected is the primary visual ...