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ID | DOID:11491 |
Name | acquired night blindness |
Definition | A nutritional deficiency disease that is characterized by vitamin A deficiency causing poor adaptation of the eyes to low levels of light, and has_material_basis_in lack of vitamin A such that rhodopsin, a light sensitive retinal pigment, cannot be regenerated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyctalopia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_A_deficiency, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25804276 |
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