Other cone diseases such as Leber's congenital amaurosis, cone-rod dystrophy, and certain types of maculopathies may be treatable using the same techniques as the gene therapy used for color blindness.
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Amaurosis fugax ( Latin : " fugax " meaning " fleeting " ) is a temporary loss of vision in one eye caused by decreased blood flow ( ischemia ) to the retina.
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Transient ischemic attacks ( TIAs ) are mini-strokes that can cause sudden dimming or loss of vision ( including amaurosis fugax ), speech impairment ranging from slurring to dysarthria or aphasia, and mental confusion.
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Another popular technique is electro-physiologic testing using visual evoked ( cortical ) potentials ( VEPs or VECPs ), which can be used to estimate visual acuity in doubtful cases and expected severe vision loss cases like Leber's congenital amaurosis.
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:: I don't believe the person posing the question was referring of a communicable disease, due both to their use to the term " recessive disorder " and their clarification they are interested in Leber's congenital amaurosis . t 03 : 19, 18 April 2007 ( UTC)
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After decades of Foundation-funded research, several promising treatments have moved into human clinical trials, including a landmark gene therapy human study for Leber congenital amaurosis, which has enabled more than 40 children and young adults who were virtually blind to read several lines on an eye chart and see in dimly lit settings.
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Transient ischemic attacks ( TIAs ) are a warning sign, and are often followed by severe permanent strokes, particularly within the first two days . TIAs by definition last less than 24 hours and frequently take the form of a weakness or loss of sensation of a limb or the trunk on one side of the body, or the loss of sight ( amaurosis fugax ) in one eye.
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Foundation-funded scientists at institutions throughout the world conduct research for the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases including : retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration, Usher syndrome, Stargardt disease, Best disease, choroideremia, retinoschisis, Leber's congenital amaurosis, Bardet-Biedl syndrome, cone dystrophy, cone-rod dystrophy, rod-cone dystrophy, achromatopsia, Refsum disease, and other rare retinal degenerative diseases.
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:I don't know about pupils & mdash; although you could always say that her eyes were physically damaged by, say, staring into the sun without knowing & mdash; but Leber's congenital amaurosis, linked from the blindness article, is recessive, so it could easily be the case that Nasrin's parents were carriers without anyone knowing .-- Tardis 15 : 24, 5 March 2007 ( UTC)
