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Descriptor English: Cranial Nerve Diseases
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermedades de los Nervios Craneales
Descriptor enfermedades de los pares craneales
Entry term(s) enfermedades de los nervios craneales
neuropatías craneales
neuropatías craneales múltiples
neuropatías de los pares craneales
Scope note: Trastornos de uno o más de los doce nervios craneales. Con la excepción de los nervios óptico y olfatorio, figuran trastornos de los núcleos del tronco encefálico de los que se originan o terminan los nervios craneales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Doenças dos Nervos Cranianos
Descriptor French: Atteintes des nerfs crâniens
Entry term(s): Cranial Nerve Disease
Cranial Nerve Disorder
Cranial Nerve Disorders
Cranial Nerve Palsies
Cranial Nerve Palsy
Cranial Neuropathies
Cranial Neuropathies, Multiple
Cranial Neuropathy
Cranial Neuropathy, Multiple
Multiple Cranial Neuropathies
Multiple Cranial Neuropathy
Nervus Cranialis Disorder
Nervus Cranialis Disorders
Neuropathies, Cranial
Neuropathies, Multiple Cranial
Neuropathy, Cranial
Neuropathy, Multiple Cranial
Palsies, Cranial Nerve
Palsy, Cranial Nerve
Tree number(s): C10.292
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003389
Scope note: Disorders of one or more of the twelve cranial nerves. With the exception of the optic and olfactory nerves, this includes disorders of the brain stem nuclei from which the cranial nerves originate or terminate.
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics
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
Previous Indexing: Cranial Nerves (1966-1980)
Peripheral Nerve Diseases (1966-1980)
specific cranial nerve (1966-1980)
Public MeSH Note: 1981
History Note: 1981; was NON MESH before 1981
Entry Version: CRANIAL NERVE DIS
Related: Meningitis, Cryptococcal MeSH
Neuroaspergillosis MeSH
DeCS ID: 3405
Unique ID: D003389
NLM Classification: WL 330
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1981/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2000/06/22
Cranial Nerve Diseases - Preferred
Concept UI M0005279
Scope note Disorders of one or more of the twelve cranial nerves. With the exception of the optic and olfactory nerves, this includes disorders of the brain stem nuclei from which the cranial nerves originate or terminate.
Preferred term Cranial Nerve Diseases
Entry term(s) Cranial Nerve Disease
Cranial Nerve Disorder
Cranial Nerve Disorders
Cranial Neuropathies
Cranial Neuropathy
Nervus Cranialis Disorder
Nervus Cranialis Disorders
Neuropathies, Cranial
Neuropathy, Cranial
Cranial Neuropathies, Multiple - Narrower
Concept UI M0335832
Preferred term Cranial Neuropathies, Multiple
Entry term(s) Cranial Neuropathy, Multiple
Multiple Cranial Neuropathies
Multiple Cranial Neuropathy
Neuropathies, Multiple Cranial
Neuropathy, Multiple Cranial
Cranial Nerve Palsies - Narrower
Concept UI M0360800
Preferred term Cranial Nerve Palsies
Entry term(s) Cranial Nerve Palsy
Palsies, Cranial Nerve
Palsy, Cranial Nerve



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