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MeSH Heading: Abducens Nerve Injury
Tree Number(s): C10.292.150.100; C10.292.200.200; C10.900.300.218.150; C26.915.300.400.100
Unique ID: D020222
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020222
Scope Note: Traumatic injury to the abducens, or sixth, cranial nerve. Injury to this nerve results in lateral rectus muscle weakness or paralysis. The nerve may be damaged by closed or penetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA or by facial trauma involving the orbit.
Entry Version: ABDUCENS NERVE INJ
Entry Term(s): Abducens Nerve Trauma; Abducens Neuropathy, Traumatic; Cranial Nerve VI Injury; Injury, Cranial Nerve VI; Injury, Sixth Cranial Nerve; Sixth Cranial Nerve Injuries; Sixth Cranial Nerve Injury; Sixth-Nerve Palsy, Traumatic; Sixth-Nerve Trauma; Traumatic Sixth-Nerve Palsy
Previous Indexing: Abducens Nerve (1967-1999); Ophthalmoplegia (1966-1999)
Public MeSH Note: 2000
History Note: 2000
Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/03
Revision Date: 2018/06/30

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)

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etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

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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)

Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Cranial Nerve Diseases [C10.292]
  - Abducens Nerve Diseases [C10.292.150]
    - Abducens Nerve Injury [C10.292.150.100]

Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Cranial Nerve Diseases [C10.292]
  - Cranial Nerve Injuries [C10.292.200]

Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Trauma, Nervous System [C10.900]
  - Craniocerebral Trauma [C10.900.300]
    - Cranial Nerve Injuries [C10.900.300.218]

Wounds and Injuries [C26]
- Trauma, Nervous System [C26.915]
  - Craniocerebral Trauma [C26.915.300]
    - Cranial Nerve Injuries [C26.915.300.400]

Abducens Nerve Injury Preferred

Concept UI: M0328087
Scope Note: Traumatic injury to the abducens, or sixth, cranial nerve. Injury to this nerve results in lateral rectus muscle weakness or paralysis. The nerve may be damaged by closed or penetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA or by facial trauma involving the orbit.
Terms: Abducens Nerve Injury Preferred Term
Term UI T358087
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Abducens Neuropathy, Traumatic
Term UI T369552
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Sixth-Nerve Palsy, Traumatic
Term UI T369553
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Abducens Nerve Trauma
Term UI T369554
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Cranial Nerve VI Injury
Term UI T369555
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Traumatic Sixth-Nerve Palsy
Term UI T369556
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Sixth-Nerve Trauma
Term UI T369557
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Sixth Cranial Nerve Injury
Term UI T369558
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Injury, Cranial Nerve VI
Term UI T369559
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Injury, Sixth Cranial Nerve
Term UI T369560
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Sixth Cranial Nerve Injuries
Term UI T788625
Date04/08/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012)

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