RARE CAUSE OF COMPLETE BLINDNESS : BILATERAL OCCIPITAL CORTICAL INFARCTION
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Bilateral Cortical Blindness due to Bilateral Occipital Infarcts without Anosognosia
Cerebral blindness is defined as bilateral loss of vision secondary to disruption in the visual pathways posterior to the lateral geniculate nuclei [1]. Cortical blindness, a particular type of cerebral blindness, is defined as the total loss of vision in the presence of normal pupillary reflexes and in the absence of ophthalmological disease [2], resulting from bilateral lesions of the striate...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal Armed Forces India
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0377-1237
DOI: 10.1016/s0377-1237(17)30273-3