title: 'Transient monocular blindness' versus 'amaurosis fugax'.
abstract: The term "transient monocular blindness" is gradually being replaced with "amaurosis fugax," which has a less precise connotation. The history of this change is traced herein.
authors.affiliation: Neurology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000266:history*; D005060:Europe; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014481:United States; D015349:Vision, Monocular