Diseases

Cranial Nerve Injuries

Dysfunction of one or more cranial nerves causally related to a traumatic injury. Penetrating and nonpenetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; NECK INJURIES; and trauma to the facial region are conditions associated with cranial nerve injuries.

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Dysfunction of one or more cranial nerves causally related to a traumatic injury. Penetrating and nonpenetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; NECK INJURIES; and trauma to the facial region are conditions associated with cranial nerve injuries.

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  • Cranial Neuropathies, Traumatic
  • Cranial Nerve Injury
  • Cranial Neuropathy, Traumatic
  • Injuries, Cranial Nerve
  • Injury, Cranial Nerve
  • Nerve Injuries, Cranial
  • Nerve Injury, Cranial
  • Neuropathies, Traumatic Cranial
  • Neuropathy, Traumatic Cranial
  • Traumatic Cranial Neuropathies
  • Traumatic Cranial Neuropathy

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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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general or unspecified; prefer specifics

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2000

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cranial Nerve Injuries. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020209. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020209
  2. Cranial Nerve Injuries. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54976675