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. 1989 Dec;39(12):1622-4.
doi: 10.1212/wnl.39.12.1622.

'Transient monocular blindness' versus 'amaurosis fugax'

C M Fisher  1
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'Transient monocular blindness' versus 'amaurosis fugax'

C M Fisher. Neurology. 1989 Dec.

Abstract

The term "transient monocular blindness" is gradually being replaced with "amaurosis fugax," which has a less precise connotation. The history of this change is traced herein.

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  • 'Monocular' versus 'uniocular'.
    Blodi FC. Blodi FC. Neurology. 1990 Oct;40(10):1637. doi: 10.1212/wnl.40.10.1637. Neurology. 1990. PMID: 2215967 No abstract available.

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