Color Vision Defects

"Color Vision Defects" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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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.

Descriptor ID	D003117
MeSH Number(s)	C10.597.751.941.256 C11.966.256 C23.888.592.763.941.256
Concept/Terms	Color Vision Defects Color Vision Defects Color Vision Defect Defect, Color Vision Defects, Color Vision Vision Defect, Color Vision Defects, Color Color Vision Deficiency Color Blindness, Acquired Color Blindness, Acquired Acquired Color Blindness Color Blindness, Blue Color Blindness, Blue Blue Color Blindness Tritan Defect Color Blindness, Green Color Blindness, Green Green Color Blindness Achromatopsia Achromatopsia Color Blindness, Red Color Blindness, Red Red Color Blindness Protan Defect Color Blindness, Red-Green Color Blindness, Red-Green Color Blindness, Red Green Red-Green Color Blindness Deutan Defect Defect, Deutan Monochromatopsia Monochromatopsia Color Blindness Color Blindness Blindness, Color Color Blindness, Inherited Color Blindness, Inherited Inherited Color Blindness

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Color Vision Defects".

Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Neurologic Manifestations [C10.597]
Sensation Disorders [C10.597.751]
Vision Disorders [C10.597.751.941]
Color Vision Defects [C10.597.751.941.256]
Eye Diseases [C11]
Vision Disorders [C11.966]
Color Vision Defects [C11.966.256]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Signs and Symptoms [C23.888]
Neurologic Manifestations [C23.888.592]
Sensation Disorders [C23.888.592.763]
Vision Disorders [C23.888.592.763.941]
Color Vision Defects [C23.888.592.763.941.256]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Color Vision Defects".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Color Vision Defects".

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