title: Amaurosis fugax. An overview.
abstract: Amaurosis fugax is an all-inclusive term for all forms of transient visual loss. Clinically, it can be divided into four identifiable symptom complexes, each with its underlying pathoetiology: embolic, hypoperfusion, angiospasm, and unknown.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Burde
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D009880:Ophthalmic Artery / Q000473:pathology