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Abstract
Diseases of the oculomotor nerve or nucleus that result in weakness or paralysis of the superior rectus, inferior rectus, medial rectus, inferior oblique, or levator palpebrae muscles, or impaired parasympathetic innervation to the pupil. With a complete oculomotor palsy, the eyelid will be paralyzed, the eye will be in an abducted and inferior position, and the pupil will be markedly dilated. Commonly associated conditions include neoplasms, CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA, ischemia (especially in association with DIABETES MELLITUS), and aneurysmal compression. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p270)
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- Cranial Nerve III Diseases
- Oculomotor Nerve Disorders
- Oculomotor Nerve Palsy
- Oculomotor Nerve Paralysis
- Oculomotor Neuropathy
- Third Cranial Nerve Diseases
- Third-Nerve Palsy
- Third-Nerve Paralysis
- Nerve Disease, Oculomotor
- Nerve Disorder, Oculomotor
- Nerve Palsy, Oculomotor
- Nerve Paralysis, Oculomotor
- Neuropathy, Oculomotor
- Oculomotor Nerve Disease
- Oculomotor Nerve Disorder
- Oculomotor Nerve Palsies
- Oculomotor Nerve Paralyses
- Oculomotor Neuropathies
- Palsy, Oculomotor Nerve
- Palsy, Third-Nerve
- Paralysis, Oculomotor Nerve
- Paralysis, Third-Nerve
- Third Nerve Palsy
- Third Nerve Paralysis
- Third-Nerve Palsies
- Third-Nerve Paralyses
- Partial Third-Nerve Palsy
- Total Third-Nerve Palsy
- Palsy, Partial Third-Nerve
- Palsy, Total Third-Nerve
- Partial Third Nerve Palsy
- Partial Third-Nerve Palsies
- Third-Nerve Palsies, Partial
- Third-Nerve Palsy, Partial
- Third-Nerve Palsy, Total
- Total Third Nerve Palsy
- Total Third-Nerve Palsies
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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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do not confuse entry term OCULOMOTOR NERVE PALSY with oculomotor palsies caused by weakened 4th or 6th cranial nerves which are indexed: 4th= TROCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES and 6th= ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES, if not specified use CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; neoplasms: coordinate with CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS + histologic type of neoplasm; do not confuse with OCULOMOTOR PARALYSIS see OPHTHALMOPLEGIA
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2000(1990)
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Previous Indexing
- Oculomotor Nerve (1969-1989)
- Ophthalmoplegia (1966-1989)
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- National Library of Medicine. Oculomotor Nerve Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015840. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015840
- Oculomotor Nerve Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculomotor_nerve_palsy
- Oculomotor Nerve Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1670952