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Descriptor English: Muscular Atrophy
Descriptor Spanish: Atrofia Muscular
Descriptor atrofia muscular
Entry term(s) atrofia muscular neurogénica
Scope note: Trastorno en número y tamaño de las fibras musculares que se produce con el envejecimiento, reducción del flujo sanguíneo o después de una inmovilización, pérdida de peso prolongada, malnutrición y especialmente denervación.
Descriptor Portuguese: Atrofia Muscular
Descriptor French: Amyotrophie
Entry term(s): Atrophies, Muscle
Atrophies, Muscular
Atrophies, Neurogenic Muscular
Atrophies, Neurotrophic Muscular
Atrophy, Muscle
Atrophy, Muscular
Atrophy, Neurogenic Muscular
Atrophy, Neurotrophic Muscular
Muscle Atrophies
Muscle Atrophy
Muscular Atrophies
Muscular Atrophies, Neurogenic
Muscular Atrophies, Neurotrophic
Muscular Atrophy, Neurogenic
Muscular Atrophy, Neurotrophic
Neurogenic Muscular Atrophies
Neurogenic Muscular Atrophy
Neurotrophic Muscular Atrophies
Neurotrophic Muscular Atrophy
Tree number(s): C10.597.613.612
C23.300.070.500
C23.888.592.608.612
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009133
Scope note: Derangement in size and number of muscle fibers occurring with aging, reduction in blood supply, or following immobilization, prolonged weightlessness, malnutrition, and particularly in denervation.
Annotation: MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL is also available
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
Related: Muscular Disorders, Atrophic MeSH
DeCS ID: 23397
Unique ID: D009133
NLM Classification: WE 550
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/04
Muscular Atrophy - Preferred
Concept UI M0014249
Scope note Derangement in size and number of muscle fibers occurring with aging, reduction in blood supply, or following immobilization, prolonged weightlessness, malnutrition, and particularly in denervation.
Preferred term Muscular Atrophy
Entry term(s) Atrophies, Muscle
Atrophies, Muscular
Atrophy, Muscle
Atrophy, Muscular
Muscle Atrophies
Muscle Atrophy
Muscular Atrophies
Neurogenic Muscular Atrophy - Narrower
Concept UI M0336456
Preferred term Neurogenic Muscular Atrophy
Entry term(s) Atrophies, Neurogenic Muscular
Atrophies, Neurotrophic Muscular
Atrophy, Neurogenic Muscular
Atrophy, Neurotrophic Muscular
Muscular Atrophies, Neurogenic
Muscular Atrophies, Neurotrophic
Muscular Atrophy, Neurogenic
Muscular Atrophy, Neurotrophic
Neurogenic Muscular Atrophies
Neurotrophic Muscular Atrophies
Neurotrophic Muscular Atrophy



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