acquired night blindness (DOID:11491)
Alliance: disease page
Alt IDs: ICD10CM:H53.62, ICD9CM:368.62, UMLS_CUI:C0152202
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.