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Descriptor English: Echolalia
Descriptor Spanish: Ecolalia
Descriptor ecolalia
Scope note: Repetición involuntaria y sin sentido (tipo papagayo), de una palabra, frase, o canción que se ha oido recientemente. Esta afección puede estar asociada con AFASIA transcortical.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ecolalia
Descriptor French: Écholalie
Entry term(s): Echo Reaction
Echo Speech
Echophrasia
Reaction, Echo
Reactions, Echo
Speech, Echo
Tree number(s): C10.597.606.150.500.800.300
C23.888.592.604.150.500.800.300
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004454
Scope note: Involuntary ("parrot-like"), meaningless repetition of a recently heard word, phrase, or song. This condition may be associated with transcortical APHASIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; or other disorders. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p485)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
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
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 1969
History Note: 1969(1964)
DeCS ID: 4520
Unique ID: D004454
NLM Classification: WM 475
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Date Established: 1969/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03
Echolalia - Preferred
Concept UI M0006978
Scope note Involuntary ("parrot-like"), meaningless repetition of a recently heard word, phrase, or song. This condition may be associated with transcortical APHASIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; or other disorders. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p485)
Preferred term Echolalia
Entry term(s) Echo Reaction
Echo Speech
Echophrasia
Reaction, Echo
Reactions, Echo
Speech, Echo



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