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MeSH Heading: Muscle Hypertonia
Tree Number(s): C10.597.613.550; C23.888.592.608.550
Unique ID: D009122
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009122
Annotation: coord IM with specific muscle/physiopathol (IM) if available
Scope Note: Abnormal increase in skeletal or smooth muscle tone. Skeletal muscle hypertonicity may be associated with PYRAMIDAL TRACT lesions or BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES.
Entry Term(s): Hypermyotonia; Hypertonia, Detrusor Muscle; Hypertonia, Infantile; Hypertonia, Neonatal; Hypertonia, Sphincter; Hypertonia, Transient; Muscle Tone Increased; Muscular Hypertonicity
Previous Indexing: Muscle Spasticity (1977-1978); Muscle Tonus (1970-1978); Spasm (1966-1976)
Public MeSH Note: 1979
History Note: 1979
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/17
Revision Date: 1999/12/06

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0014236
Scope Note: Abnormal increase in skeletal or smooth muscle tone. Skeletal muscle hypertonicity may be associated with PYRAMIDAL TRACT lesions or BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES.
Terms: Muscle Hypertonia Preferred Term
Term UI T027279
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1979); Muscle Tone Increased
Term UI T371066
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Muscular Hypertonicity
Term UI T371065
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Hypermyotonia
Term UI T371064
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

Muscle Hypertonia MeSH Descriptor Data 2023