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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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ICD10CM:H53.62

ICD9CM:368.62

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:53808001

UMLS_CUI:C0152202

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