Sentences with phrase «loss of central vision»

Although having the mutation more than doubles a person's risk of the disorder, which causes loss of central vision, it doesn't mean that person will automatically develop the disorder.

LHON is associated with painless, sudden loss of central vision in the 1st eye, with the 2nd eye sequentially impaired.

A man in his 80s and a woman in her 60s received the treatment for age - related macular degeneration (AMD), a condition which leads to a rapid loss of central vision.

Vision researchers in Boston have published the second paper of a study designed to determine if a driver who suffers from loss of central vision is able to detect pedestrians in a timely manner when driving.

These retinal cells are the type that are killed off in macular degeneration, eventually leading to the death of photoreceptors, and the gradual loss of central vision.

As the disease progresses, retinal sensory cells in the central vision area are damaged, leading to loss of central vision.

The loss of central vision often occurs by the age of 40, meaning that a lot of RP patients will spend half of their lives legally blind.

In AMD, the RPE cells stop performing their support functions and the rods and cones die, resulting in a loss of central vision.

The American Macular Degeneration Foundation warns that retinal damage caused by direct exposure to blue light may lead to macular degeneration, which causes the loss of central vision — the ability to see what's in front of you.

At the age of 16, Christine was diagnosed with Stargardt's Disease, a condition that effects the retina and causes a loss of central vision.