| Descriptor English: | Muscle Weakness | ||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Debilidad Muscular
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Debilidade Muscular | ||||
| Descriptor French: | Faiblesse musculaire | ||||
| Entry term(s): |
Muscle Weaknesses Muscular Weakness Muscular Weaknesses Weakness, Muscle Weakness, Muscular Weaknesses, Muscle Weaknesses, Muscular |
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| Tree number(s): |
C05.651.515 C10.597.613.593 C23.550.695 C23.888.592.608.593 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018908 | ||||
| Scope note: | A vague complaint of debility, fatigue, or exhaustion attributable to weakness of various muscles. The weakness can be characterized as subacute or chronic, often progressive, and is a manifestation of many muscle and neuromuscular diseases. (From Wyngaarden et al., Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p2251) |
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| Annotation: | general or unspecified as a clinical state or clinical manifestation; specific muscular or neuromuscular diseases of which this is a manifestation are also available; do not confuse "myasthenia" (my-, muscle and asthenia, weakness) in foreign titles with "muscle weakness": it is more likely to refer to MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; do not confuse with MUSCLE HYPOTONIA or MUSCLE FATIGUE |
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| 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 |
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| Previous Indexing: |
Muscular Diseases (1966-1995) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 96 |
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| History Note: | 96 |
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| Related: |
Asthenia
MeSH | ||||
| DeCS ID: | 32676 | ||||
| Unique ID: | D018908 | ||||
| NLM Classification: | WE 550 | ||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
| Date Established: | 1996/01/01 | ||||
| Date of Entry: | 1994/12/27 | ||||
| Revision Date: | 1999/11/03 |
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Muscle Weakness
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0028272 |
| Scope note | A vague complaint of debility, fatigue, or exhaustion attributable to weakness of various muscles. The weakness can be characterized as subacute or chronic, often progressive, and is a manifestation of many muscle and neuromuscular diseases. (From Wyngaarden et al., Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p2251) |
| Preferred term | Muscle Weakness |
| Entry term(s) |
Muscle Weaknesses Muscular Weakness Muscular Weaknesses Weakness, Muscle Weakness, Muscular Weaknesses, Muscle Weaknesses, Muscular |
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