Diseases

Cranial Nerve Diseases

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.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

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.

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Synonyms

19 entry terms
  • Cranial Nerve Disorders
  • Cranial Neuropathies
  • Nervus Cranialis Disorders
  • Neuropathies, Cranial
  • Cranial Nerve Disease
  • Cranial Nerve Disorder
  • Cranial Neuropathy
  • Nervus Cranialis Disorder
  • Neuropathy, Cranial
  • Cranial Nerve Palsies
  • Cranial Neuropathies, Multiple
  • Cranial Nerve Palsy
  • Cranial Neuropathy, Multiple
  • Multiple Cranial Neuropathies
  • Multiple Cranial Neuropathy
  • Neuropathies, Multiple Cranial
  • Neuropathy, Multiple Cranial
  • Palsies, Cranial Nerve
  • Palsy, Cranial Nerve

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics

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History Note

1981; was NON MESH before 1981

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Previous Indexing

  • Cranial Nerves (1966-1980)
  • Peripheral Nerve Diseases (1966-1980)
  • specific cranial nerve (1966-1980)

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Tree Number

  1. C10w.292w

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NLM Classification

WL 330

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cranial Nerve Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003389. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003389
  2. Cranial Nerve Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranial_nerve_disease
  3. Cranial Nerve Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5182126