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Metamorphopsia Disabilities, Vision Micropsia Visual Impairment Disorder, Visual Disorders, Visual Metamorphopsias Macropsias Hemeralopia Visual Disorders Vision Disabilities Disability, Vision Hemeralopias Blindness, Day Vision Disability Impairment, Visual Day Blindness Macropsia Micropsias Vision Disorder Impairments, Visual Visual Impairments Visual Disorder
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Limitation in visual functions. Visual impairments limiting one or more of the basic functions of the eye: visual acuity, dark adaptation, color vision, or peripheral vision. These may result from EYE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; VISUAL PATHWAY diseases; OCCIPITAL LOBE diseases; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; and other conditions (From Newell, Ophthalmology: Principles and Concepts, 7th ed, p132).
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