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Descriptor English: Blepharoptosis
Descriptor Spanish: Blefaroptosis
Descriptor blefaroptosis
Entry term(s) ptosis palpebral
Scope note: Caída del párpado superior debido a desarrollo deficiente o a la parálisis del músculo elevador del párpado.
Descriptor Portuguese: Blefaroptose
Descriptor French: Blépharoptose
Entry term(s): Blepharoptoses
Eyelid Ptoses
Eyelid Ptosis
Ptoses, Eyelid
Ptosis, Eyelid
Tree number(s): C11.338.204
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001763
Scope note: Drooping of the upper lid due to deficient development or paralysis of the levator palpebrae muscle.
Annotation: drooping eyelid
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 67
History Note: 67(65)
Related: Blepharoplasty MeSH
DeCS ID: 1788
Unique ID: D001763
NLM Classification: WW 205
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Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Blepharoptosis - Preferred
Concept UI M0002659
Scope note Drooping of the upper lid due to deficient development or paralysis of the levator palpebrae muscle.
Preferred term Blepharoptosis
Entry term(s) Blepharoptoses
Eyelid Ptoses
Eyelid Ptosis
Ptoses, Eyelid
Ptosis, Eyelid



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