 Muscle Weakness
"Muscle Weakness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D018908
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.651.515 C10.597.613.593 C23.550.695 C23.888.592.608.593
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| Concept/Terms |
Muscle Weakness- Muscle Weakness
- Muscle Weaknesses
- Weakness, Muscle
- Weaknesses, Muscle
- Muscular Weakness
- Muscular Weaknesses
- Weakness, Muscular
- Weaknesses, Muscular
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Muscle Weakness" by people in Profiles.
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Rush ET, Moseley S, Petryk A. Burden of disease in pediatric patients with hypophosphatasia: results from the HPP Impact Patient Survey and the HPP Outcomes Study Telephone interview. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2019 08 16; 14(1):201.
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Rosen JM, Kuntz N, Melin-Aldana H, Bass LM. Spasmodic muscle cramps and weakness as presenting symptoms in Wilson disease. Pediatrics. 2013 Oct; 132(4):e1039-42.
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Dinwiddie DL, Smith LD, Miller NA, Atherton AM, Farrow EG, Strenk ME, Soden SE, Saunders CJ, Kingsmore SF. Diagnosis of mitochondrial disorders by concomitant next-generation sequencing of the exome and mitochondrial genome. Genomics. 2013 Sep; 102(3):148-56.
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