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Abstract
Abnormal sensitivity to light. This may occur as a manifestation of EYE DISEASES; MIGRAINE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; MENINGITIS; and other disorders. Photophobia may also occur in association with DEPRESSION and other MENTAL DISORDERS.
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- Light Sensitivity
- Light Sensitivities
- Photophobias
- Sensitivities, Light
- Sensitivity, Light
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2000
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- Eye Diseases (1968-1999)
- Vision Disorders (1968-1999)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Photophobia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020795. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020795
- Photophobia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photophobia
- Photophobia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q281289