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Descriptor English: Fasciculation
Descriptor Spanish: Fasciculación
Descriptor fasciculación
Entry term(s) fasciculaciones
Scope note: Contracción involuntaria de las fibras musculares inervadas por una unidad motora. Con frecuencia, las fasciculaciones pueden visualizarse y tomar la forma de una sacudida brusca o depresión bajo la piel, pero generalmente no generan una fuerza suficiente para mover un miembro. Pueden representar una afección benigna o producirse como manifestación de una ENFERMEDAD DE LA NEURONA MOTORA o de ENFERMEDADES DEL SISTEMA NERVIOSO PERIFÉRICO. (Traducción libre del original: Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1294).
Descriptor Portuguese: Fasciculação
Descriptor French: Fasciculation
Entry term(s): Benign Fasciculation
Benign Fasciculations
Fasciculation, Benign
Fasciculation, Muscular
Fasciculation, Skeletal Muscle
Fasciculation, Tongue
Fasciculations
Fasciculations, Benign
Fasciculations, Muscular
Fasciculations, Skeletal Muscle
Fasciculations, Tongue
Muscle Fasciculation, Skeletal
Muscle Fasciculations, Skeletal
Muscular Fasciculation
Muscular Fasciculations
Skeletal Muscle Fasciculation
Skeletal Muscle Fasciculations
Tongue Fasciculation
Tongue Fasciculations
Tree number(s): C10.597.613.250
C23.888.592.608.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005207
Scope note: Involuntary contraction of the muscle fibers innervated by a motor unit. Fasciculations may be visualized as a muscle twitch or dimpling under the skin, but usually do not generate sufficient force to move a limb. They may represent a benign condition or occur as a manifestation of MOTOR NEURON DISEASE or PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1294)
Annotation: note category: do not confuse with AXON FASCICULATION
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: 1987; see NEUROLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS 1982-86, see MOVEMENT DISORDERS 1979-81
History Note: 1987(1979)
DeCS ID: 5311
Unique ID: D005207
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Date Established: 1987/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/22
Revision Date: 2016/06/16
Fasciculation - Preferred
Concept UI M0008236
Scope note Involuntary contraction of the muscle fibers innervated by a motor unit. Fasciculations may be visualized as a muscle twitch or dimpling under the skin, but usually do not generate sufficient force to move a limb. They may represent a benign condition or occur as a manifestation of MOTOR NEURON DISEASE or PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1294)
Preferred term Fasciculation
Entry term(s) Fasciculation, Muscular
Fasciculations
Fasciculations, Muscular
Muscular Fasciculation
Muscular Fasciculations
Fasciculation, Tongue - Narrower
Concept UI M0336371
Preferred term Fasciculation, Tongue
Entry term(s) Fasciculations, Tongue
Tongue Fasciculation
Tongue Fasciculations
Fasciculation, Benign - Narrower
Concept UI M0336369
Preferred term Fasciculation, Benign
Entry term(s) Benign Fasciculation
Benign Fasciculations
Fasciculations, Benign
Fasciculation, Skeletal Muscle - Narrower
Concept UI M0336370
Preferred term Fasciculation, Skeletal Muscle
Entry term(s) Fasciculations, Skeletal Muscle
Muscle Fasciculation, Skeletal
Muscle Fasciculations, Skeletal
Skeletal Muscle Fasciculation
Skeletal Muscle Fasciculations



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